Re: startxwin.exe without lingering DOS window
On 06/01/2010 23:14, Raul Acevedo wrote: How do you run startxwin.exe so that it doesn't leave a lingering MS-DOS window after it starts the programs in ~/.startwinrc? As pointed out by others, this is achieved by using 'run' (which is designed for exactly that purpose) to invoke startxwin. The 'XWin Server' start menu entry created by the installation of the xinit package should contain a command line to do that: 'C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startxwin.exe' (this also gives XWin and all your clients a login shell environment) If that isn't working to hide the DOS window, that would probably be a bug in run. Are there plans to update http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html so people like me don't waste a few hours finding out that startxwin.bat has been replaced by startxwin.exe and that it is documented in its man page? Yes, the plan is to update that documentation either: i/ When someone sends me a patch, or ii/ When I have some time and the inclination to do so -- 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/
Re: startxwin.exe without lingering DOS window
How do you run startxwin.exe so that it doesn't leave a lingering MS-DOS window after it starts the programs in ~/.startwinrc? C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startxwin.exe This can't be correct, as this is what exactly what the X Server start menu link executes and it spawns the the vanilla XTerm window. I always customized by startxwin.bat to not launch this window. How is this done with the new startxwin.exe? -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/startxwin.exe-without-lingering-DOS-window-tp27052469p27163006.html Sent from the cygwin-xfree mailing list archive at Nabble.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/
Re: startxwin.exe without lingering DOS window
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Derek Greer wrote: C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startxwin.exe This can't be correct, as this is what exactly what the X Server start menu link executes and it spawns the the vanilla XTerm window. I always customized by startxwin.bat to not launch this window. How is this done with the new startxwin.exe? Actually, it IS correct. If you don't want the server to start an xterm by itself, create an empty ~/.startxwinrc file - Jim -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us -- 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/
Re: startxwin.exe without lingering DOS window
If you don't want the server to start an xterm by itself, create an empty ~/.startxwinrc file Ah, ok. For some reason I mistakenly read the original question as how do you get startxwin.exe to not show the default XTerm where the user was actually talking about a spawning DOS window. Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/startxwin.exe-without-lingering-DOS-window-tp27052469p27165520.html Sent from the cygwin-xfree mailing list archive at Nabble.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/
startxwin.exe without lingering DOS window
How do you run startxwin.exe so that it doesn't leave a lingering MS-DOS window after it starts the programs in ~/.startwinrc? Are there plans to update http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html so people like me don't waste a few hours finding out that startxwin.bat has been replaced by startxwin.exe and that it is documented in its man page? Thanks, Raul Acevedo http://www.cantara.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/
Re: startxwin.exe without lingering DOS window
Am 07.01.2010, 00:14 Uhr, schrieb Raul Acevedo r...@cantara.com: How do you run startxwin.exe so that it doesn't leave a lingering MS-DOS window after it starts the programs in ~/.startwinrc? C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startxwin.exe -- 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/
