Since I'm not seeing this in the FAQ, I wanted to propose the following item: what would be required to go "from zero to xterm"? I.e. from a Cygwin-less windows box (windows >= 2k) to getting a Cygwin/X xterm up on one's screen?
>From my recent experience, it seems to me the "minimal install" would be 0 <whatever setup.exe wants to install by default/> 1 font-misc-misc 2 font-alias 3 ncurses 4 xinit 5 xterm Note that * this is not a "minimal package set," as I've no interest in second-guessing what goes into the default Cygwin install * my personal experience was colored by my need to get emacs up, so I only tested adding the above plus emacs-X11 and font-adobe-dpi75. * I only tested on xp Perhaps someone else can test the following underdetailed (fastpath/ debug-free) 10-step procedure to "go from zero to xterm": 0 login in as an admin 1 Decide where you want to install cygwin. Call that CYGWIN_ROOT, and note CYGWIN_BIN=CYGWIN_ROOT/bin 2 download latest setup.exe from http://cygwin.com/ 3 download and install the default packages plus font-misc-misc to avoid font problems font-alias to avoid font problems ncurses maybe only for emacs? xinit to get startxwin.bat xterm for your xterm and let setup.exe install an icon (noting to where the icon installs, e.g. your desktop) 4 Add CYGWIN_BIN to your windows %PATH% 5 Run the Cygwin (non-X) bash, e.g. from the icon. 6 Configure your mounts. 7 Verify your mounts in a new Cygwin (non-X) bash (i.e. closing the one you initially opened). 8 Copy startxwin.bat (which should be in CYGWIN_BIN) to a suitable location (e.g. $HOME) and edit it appropriately. Obviously lotsa handwaving here, but a simple rootless, WM-less setup would include the (single) line > %RUN% XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -emulate3buttons and running a simple xterm would involve a (single) line like > %RUN% xterm +tb -sl 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg black -bg white -e > /usr/bin/bash --login 9 run startxwin.bat; xterm ? success : debug FWIW, Tom Roche <tom_ro...@pobox.com> -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/