startx calls xinit, which in turn reads $HOME/.xinitrc.  you can also do xinit exec startkde.

dan

* Daniel Picker (dp3@cec.wustl.edu) wrote:
> Hello all,
> 	I have tried several window managers and desktops and like kde
> 3.0.1 the most. My question is how do I make it so that startx goes
> straight into kde instead of me having to type startx and then start kde.
> I have lookeed at the .xinitrc and .Xauthority files but have had no luck
> in changing them. Also , how do I get syntax highliting in the terminal
> windows.  Thanks in advance, 
> 	
> 
> 	Daniel