Forcing dtterm to Source $HOME/.login or .profile

By default, a shell started by dtterm is not launched as a login shell. Therefore, the $HOME/.login and $HOME/.profile files are not read. Any user or role can enable dtterm to launch a login shell. See "To Force dtterm to Launch New Shells as Login Shells " for the procedure.

The default .profile file for all roles contains a function to alias the adminvi(1M) command to vi(1), but the function does not take effect unless the Dtterm*LoginShell: true entry is made in the $HOME/.Xdefaults-hostname file. See "To Alias vi to adminvi".