Using Multiple X Windows

[Andrew Braverman]

Though I do not use emacs, I have used exceed.  What I think is happening is
that you are not correctly setting your DISPLAY variable.  From what I am
told, if you have no DISPLAY set, emacs starts as a standard app in the
terminal it is in.  If it is set, emacs starts as an X app.  Exceed sets
this variable when it starts up the first window.  From what I can tell,
xfree does not.  What happens if you set an appropriate DISPLAY and then run
emacs& ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Samir Gupta [mailto:samir.gupta@Barra.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 12:50 PM
> To: 'cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com'
> Subject: Using Multiple X Windows
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a question which I could not find the answer to in
> searching the
> archives...
>
> I am trying to make window management in cygwin/xfree the
> same way I have it
> set up in exceed.  I start up tcsh in exceed with my xterm
> command which
> opens up an x window with the tcsh prompt.  From this prompt,
> every time I
> type "emacs &", it will bring up a new xwindow with the emacs program.
>
> I cannot figure out how to do this in cygwin/xfree.  From my
> tcsh prompt, I
> type "xwin" to start the xfree window.  Now, every time I
> type "emacs &", it
> opens up an emacs in the same xfree window.  I am wondering
> how I can get it
> to open up a separate xfree window each time I type "emacs &"
> as I can in
> exceed?
>
> I tried messing around with the xwin -screen option, but I
> could not come up
> with anything...
>
> Thanks
>
>
>