XWin.exe <--> xinit link

[Pavel Holejsovsky]

I think you are looking for $HOME/.xserverrc file. E.g. mine contains:

#! /bin/sh
X -nowinkill -nodecoration -lesspointer -rootless

BTW, this all seems to be documented in xinit man page, as pointed out 
by Thomas.

Pavel

jc.gervais@videotron.ca wrote:
> Thanks Thomas,
> 
> 	The thing is, no matter what I put in those files, it either starts XWin
> with a border, or not at all.
> 
> 	And when I do get it to start up, there is always a console mode window
> hanging around until I close it, and that closes XWin...
> 
> 	*sigh* I AM trying to understand how all this stuff fits together, but I'm
> not having very much luck.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On
> Behalf Of Thomas Chadwick
> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 10:41 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: XWin.exe <--> xinit link
> 
> RTFM!  Do "man xinit" from the Cygwin command-line and read the 1st 3
> paragraphs.
> 
> 
>>From: Jean-Claude Gervais <jc.gervais@videotron.ca>
>>Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>>To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>>Subject: RE: XWin.exe <--> xinit link
>>Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 10:08:07 -0500
>>
>>Thanks Artur,
>>
>>      But that's not quite the info I was looking for;
>>
>>      You see, when I type startxwin.bat or startxwin.sh, I get a
> 
> DIFFERENT
> 
>>result than from starting xinit by itself.
>>
>>      Yet, xinit does start XWin, only it is starting it in windowed
> 
> mode...
> 
>>Which is OK, but I'm just wondering WHERE does xinit get this from? Is it
>>executing a script?
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
>>[mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On
>>Behalf Of Artur Hefczyc
>>Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 9:56 AM
>>To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>>Subject: Re: XWin.exe <--> xinit link
>>
>>
>>>What parameters does it use to start XWin? Where does it get the
>>
>>parameters?
>>You can find manual and parameters for XWin from command:
>>man XWin
>>
>>
>>>Is it executing a script?
>>
>>/usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat
>>/usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.sh
>>
>>Artur Hefczyc
>>--
>>Artur Hefczyc
>>http://wttools.sf.net/
> 
> 
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