diff --git a/.bash_profile b/.bash_profile
index b72d4f8..78ce026 100644
--- a/.bash_profile
+++ b/.bash_profile
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ PATH=$PATH:~/scripts
 PATH=$PATH:~/.local/bin
 export PATH
 
-xset r rate 200 70
+if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && [ "$XDG_VTNR" = 1 ]; then
+    exec startx
+fi
diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 6a665ef..f53ec19 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ function mgrep()
     eval ${CMD%| }
 }
 
+function ediff
+{
+    if [ -d $1 ]; then
+	emacsclient -q -eval "(ztree-diff \"$1\" \"$2\")"
+    else
+	emacsclient -q -eval "(ediff-files \"$1\" \"$2\")"
+    fi
+}
+
 function vterm_printf() {
     if [ -n "$TMUX" ] && ([ "${TERM%%-*}" = "tmux" ] || [ "${TERM%%-*}" = "screen" ]); then
         # Tell tmux to pass the escape sequences through
diff --git a/.xinitrc b/.xinitrc
index 7fc40db..17876af 100755
--- a/.xinitrc
+++ b/.xinitrc
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then
  unset f
 fi
 
+# increase repeat rate
+xset r rate 200 70
+
 #twm &
 #xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
 #xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &