windows 2000 (german version), btw. using the run.exe coming with cygwin as suggested by someone else here helped - this way i also get no extra window (i.e. using run.exe xy instead of start /B xy in batch files)
a lot of thanks in advance t "Harold L Hunt II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thomas, > What version of Windows are you running? > Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of thomas graichen > Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 9:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: starting x apps > one more addition: this is not multiwindow specific - it only > comes to view there, because with multiwindow one comes to the > idea to simply start an xterm from an win menu or button ... > just to make this clear > t > thomas graichen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> hello, >> just played around a bit with the new multiwindow option (a great >> thanks to all who made that possible) i noticed one thing: >> i'm having an multiwindow-xserver running, having set the DISPLAY >> and an extended PATH (by cygin/bin and cygwin/X11R6/bin) in my >> w2k environment and can this way get for instance an xterm (or >> any other x-app) to appear on the screen as multiwindow-window >> by simply clicking at the executable in the explorer - the >> strange thing is that i always also get another empty (looks >> like an empty cygwin bash or cmd) window for each app ... the same >> applies if i want to start for example an xterm from a batch-file >> using >> start /B xterm.exe -some-options >> as soon as i start the .bat from the explorer or a menu or >> something like that i get that extra empty window (i.e. the >> /B flag of "start" seems to be ignored) - if i call the same >> .bat from within a cygwin bash window or an cmd window >> everythings works as expected: with /B no extra window - without >> an extra window >> am i doing something wrong here? is there any trick to simply >> get a button somwhere which gives me on a click an multiwindow >> xterm (and nothing else :o)? >> a lot of thanks in advance >> t >> -- >> thomas graichen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... perfection is reached, not >> when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no >> longer anything to take away. --- antoine de saint-exupery > -- > thomas graichen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... perfection is reached, not > when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no > longer anything to take away. --- antoine de saint-exupery -- thomas graichen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... perfection is reached, not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away. --- antoine de saint-exupery
