RE: RE: shell properties

2007-08-30 Thread Cole Radcliffe
I tried to change the font size with the option "-fs" after the xterm command however xterm did not recognize that option even though it appeared in "man xterm". I am guessing that it was just not compiled into the cygwin version of xterm. Is there any other way to accomplish this. I could just set

Re: xterm

2007-08-30 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
Cole Radcliffe wrote: When I try to run "xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l" from the cygwin shell I get an error that says "xterm Xt error: "Can't open display" "DISPLAY is not set" Make sure the X server is running first (run 'startxwin'). Also, how can I get the replies to this message e-mailed t

Re: xterm

2007-08-30 Thread Reid Thompson
Cole Radcliffe wrote: When I try to run "xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l" from the cygwin shell I get an error that says "xterm Xt error: "Can't open display" "DISPLAY is not set" Also, how can I get the replies to this message e-mailed to me? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscri

xterm

2007-08-30 Thread Cole Radcliffe
When I try to run "xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l" from the cygwin shell I get an error that says "xterm Xt error: "Can't open display" "DISPLAY is not set" Also, how can I get the replies to this message e-mailed to me? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem report

Re: emacs does not work, emacs-nox works

2007-08-30 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
Fredrik Staxeng wrote: Xwin works, xterm works, but when I try to run emacs it just silently exits. Run 'cygcheck emacs' and see if it reports any missing DLLs. If so, find this missing package(s) you need to install via 'cygcheck -p '. Rerun 'setup.exe' and install those packages. Try again

emacs does not work, emacs-nox works

2007-08-30 Thread Fredrik Staxeng
Xwin works, xterm works, but when I try to run emacs it just silently exits. -- Fredrik Stax\"ang | rot13: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is all you need to know about vi: ESC : q ! RET -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.h