As you have shown me, I probably overcomplicated my question. It would have been simpler if I asked: 'can I make XWin start child processes without using the tray icon?' :)
The reason I was trying to do that is because my zsh login scripts set things that only make sense once in a traditional XServer lifetime(setxkbmap,xmodmap,ssh-agent), not to mention xmodmap complains the second time it is ran. I managed to refactor the scripts so they can be run many times in the same x-server so everything is fine now. In any case, you should consider implementing a flag to XWin.exe so it can spawn processes in an already running instance of XWin.exe, as this would bring XWin more close to the spirit of traditional X window managers where a login environment is only created once per session. Anyway, thanks for your help Jon On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Jon TURNEY <[email protected]> wrote: > On 23/03/2013 00:02, Thiago Padilha wrote: >> XWin uses a login shell to configure its environment when it starts >> up, and processes spawned from the tray icon inherit XWin environment >> so they don't have to be spawned from login shells. Is there a way to >> achieve the same effect without using a tray icon? > > Yes. > >> For example, can I have a desktop shortcut that launches a terminal >> emulator with a simple interactive(non-login) shell and still have it >> inherit the currently running XWin environment like it was started >> from the tray icon? > > To inherit implies that it is a child of XWin, so no. > > However, you can create a process with an identical login environment by > requesting the shell to create a login environment. > > On 27/03/2013 15:52, Thiago Padilha wrote: >> Actually, I use windows shortcut with the following command line: >> C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/zsh -l -c 'exec startxwin' >> >> I'm guessing the startxwin is responsible for setting up the login >> environment. Still, the only way to start processes inheriting from >> the login shell seems to be by using the tray icon. > > Reading 'man zsh' would save you having to guess. > > The login environment is nothing to do with startxwin. You are requesting zsh > to create the login environment with the '-l' flag. > > -- > Jon TURNEY > Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- 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/
