Running Xwin in passive mode

[Harold L Hunt II]

Rex,

-ac is a generic X Server command-line parameter.  There is a man page 
generic to all X Servers that documents this.

-multiwindow and -clipboard are documented in the man page; however, our 
current package setup does not release the new man page with each new 
server release, so the man pages are way out of date.  You can find 
information about these options by looking in the Change Log:

http://xfree86.cygwin.com/devel/shadow/changelog.html


xwinclip just copies contents selected into the X clipboard to the 
Windows clipboard and vice versa.  In Windows you use the usual 
shortcuts for this.  Copying to the clipboard in X is somewhat 
application-specific.  In xterm you need only highlight the text to copy 
it to the X clipboard (which copies it to the Windows clipboard when 
-clipboard or xwinclip are used).

Hope that helps,

Harold

KIDWELL, REX (SBCSI) wrote:

> Thanks for the help your suggestions did the job.
> 
> This raised two unrelated questions.
> 
> Where can I find a current list of command line options for Xwin?  I've seen
> and used -ac, -multiwindow, and -clipboard but they aren't documented in the
> online reference or the supplied man page.
> 
> I also could not find any help on how to use xwinclip.  I was looking for
> help on what the keyboard and mouse sequences are to cut and paste between a
> X-term and Notepad.  Control-C and Control-V don't mean the same think
> within a x-term/dtterm.  The documentation I found only talks about how to
> start xwinclip.
> 
> Rex
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>>From: 	KIDWELL, REX (SBCSI)  
>>Sent:	Tuesday, May 06, 2003 8:50 AM
>>To:	'cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com'
>>Subject:	Running Xwin in passive mode
>>
>>Has anyone figured out how to run Xwin in the passive mode (sorry Exceed
>>terminology)?
>>
>>Passive mode is defined as starting a Xserver in the background without a
>>full screen session manager.  The goal is to display individual X clients
>>like any other program running on a Windows platform.  I.E. run remote
>>xterms and dtterms from remote systems and display them like a DOS CMD
>>window.
>>
>>An additional requirement would be to run them from a single Xwin
>>invocation so cut and paste would be supported between xterms.