Using Multiple X Windows

[Harold L Hunt II]

You turn on multi window mode with -multiwindow.  This has nothing to do 
with the DISPLAY variable.

Harold

Samir Gupta wrote:
> When the display variable is set correctly, any emacs process that I launch
> still goes to the same xwin window.  I think it has something to do with
> multiple window support in xwin, and I'm not sure how to turn it on.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Braverman [mailto:abraverman@itms.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:34 PM
> To: 'Samir Gupta'; cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: Using Multiple X Windows
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> 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& ?
> 
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>>-----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
>>
>>
>>
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