On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 21:08:04 -0500 (CDT), Daniel Picker
<dp3@cec.wustl.edu> wrote:
> 	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.

startx calls your ~/.xinitrc.  If the last line in that file is 

	exec <what you type to start kde>

That will start KDE for you.  AIUI.  

> Also , how do I get syntax highliting in the terminal windows.  

What do you mean?

--jkl