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>>>>> "Roland" == Roland Jesse <jesse@mail.CS.Uni-Magdeburg.De> writes:
> xterms opened in a way like `xterm -e wnewmail &`. This makes sense as the

I might be hopelessly confused, but I seemed to remember that

	xterm -e foo bar

does *not* use any shell whatsoever.  If you want a shell to be involved,
You'll have to call it explicitly:

	xterm -e zsh -c 'blobla'

And then indeed, this zsh will not be interactive, etc...


	Stefan