XWin.exe <--> xinit link

[Thomas Chadwick]

xinit does 2 things - it launches the X server and then one or more X 
clients.

If you want to customize the X client part (including the Window Manager), 
create/modify/edit the file $HOME/.xinitrc.

If you want to customize the X server part, create/modify/edit the file 
$HOME/.xserverrc.

Alternatively, you can pass command-line options to the X server by 
specifying them on xinit's command-line after "--".  For example, "xinit -- 
-rootless" will cause XWin to startup in rootless mode.


As for the console window, there is no way to avoid it being there until 
xinit completes, which doesn't happen until after the X server shuts down.  
This is really no different than if you use a  Windows batchfile to fire up 
XWin and one or more local X clients.  It's a "necessary evil".


>From: Pavel Holejsovsky <pavel.holejsovsky@st.com>
>Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>Subject: Re: XWin.exe <--> xinit link
>Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:10:40 +0100
>
>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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