Why is sx so much simpler than startx

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Start an xorg server

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Why is sx so much simpler than startx #8

Closed astier closed 4 years ago

astier commented 4 years ago

Hi. I just stumbled by mere accident over sx. I had a question about xinitrc and somebody suggested sx. It works really great and seems to be faster. Anyway, I was wondering how come that sx is so much simpler than startx? You dont have to explain if you dont have time but maybe you can give me at least some hints :)

Earnestly commented 4 years ago

It does much less and makes more assumptions, the README covers the points. It also replaces xinit, not only startx. startx is made more complicated because it has to reimplement most of xinit's interface in addition to xauth handling.