launching xterm

[Suhaib Siddiqi]

That is because it is a Cygwin application, not a win32 native.
Therefore it needs to open a console if you do not start it from bash shell.

Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
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> [ mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of REBILLAT JEAN
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 2:36 AM
> To: 'liste cygwin-xfree'
> Subject: RE: launching xterm
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> Jean REBILLAT
> EADS Launch Vehicles
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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De: Suhaib Siddiqi [ mailto:ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com ]
> Date: mercredi 19 juillet 2000 12:55
> À: 'liste cygwin-xfree'
> Objet: RE: launching xterm
>
> >> First, I try to launch an xterm from a shortcut or from the menu.
> >
> > if you do not want to see extra DOS windos of xterm, use Cygwin
> bash sell
> > and start
> > xterm like you do on UNIX from a shell.
>
> What is the difference ? I get an extra bash window, must fork a second
> xterm, then kill the first xterm and the bash shell.
> Okay. I may launch future xterms from the first, instead of using
> again the
> shortcut. That's what I plan to do. But on Unix, you can start your
> environnement (kde, cde, ...) with xterms. This seems not to be possible
> from Windows.
>
> Regards.
> 		J.R.