You turn on multi window mode with -multiwindow. This has nothing to do with the DISPLAY variable.

Harold

Samir Gupta wrote:
When the display variable is set correctly, any emacs process that I launch
still goes to the same xwin window.  I think it has something to do with
multiple window support in xwin, and I'm not sure how to turn it on.




-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Braverman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:34 PM
To: 'Samir Gupta'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Using Multiple X Windows



Though I do not use emacs, I have used exceed.  What I think is happening is
that you are not correctly setting your DISPLAY variable.  From what I am
told, if you have no DISPLAY set, emacs starts as a standard app in the
terminal it is in.  If it is set, emacs starts as an X app.  Exceed sets
this variable when it starts up the first window.  From what I can tell,
xfree does not.  What happens if you set an appropriate DISPLAY and then run
emacs& ?


-----Original Message-----
From: Samir Gupta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 12:50 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Using Multiple X Windows


Hello,

I have a question which I could not find the answer to in
searching the
archives...

I am trying to make window management in cygwin/xfree the
same way I have it
set up in exceed.  I start up tcsh in exceed with my xterm
command which
opens up an x window with the tcsh prompt.  From this prompt,
every time I
type "emacs &", it will bring up a new xwindow with the emacs program.

I cannot figure out how to do this in cygwin/xfree.  From my
tcsh prompt, I
type "xwin" to start the xfree window.  Now, every time I
type "emacs &", it
opens up an emacs in the same xfree window.  I am wondering
how I can get it
to open up a separate xfree window each time I type "emacs &"
as I can in
exceed?

I tried messing around with the xwin -screen option, but I
could not come up
with anything...

Thanks







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