The short of it, is that xinit(1) just starts X, and startx(1) also initializes xauth(1) before starting X.
Usually you'll just want to use xinit(1)
startx(1) is actually just a shell script, so you can just open it with any text editor (The exact configuration may differ from system to system, lots of #IFDEF in the source ... During installation it's run through the C preprocessor)
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