Convenient script for starting an XFree86 xterm

[Thomas Chadwick]

FYI - You might want to consider using /usr/X11R6/bin/run.exe (the DOS path 
being c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\run) in place of the 1-liner VBScript.  Makes 
things a wee bit cleaner, IMHO.

>From: ncokwqc02@sneakemail.com
>Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>Subject: Convenient script for starting an XFree86 xterm
>Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 22:37:52 -0800
>
>I've seen some other postings on this subject recently, so I'm submitting
>this contribution as a potential starting point for others.
>
>I have convenient Windows desktop shortcuts to start up a Cygwin/Bash shell
>window and an RXVT/Bash shell window. I was looking for something similar 
>to
>start up a Cygwin/XFree86 xterm. Of course, I didn't want to generate
>multiple running copies of the 'XWin' server, nor did I want useless 
>Command
>prompt windows hanging around.
>
>Here's what I came up with. I make no claim to generality, robustness,
>cleverness, originality or anything else. It just works for me.
>
>
>It consists of three parts:
>
>1) A desktop shortcut with the following target:
>C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\WSCRIPT.EXE "C:\cygwin\invisible.vbs"
>"C:\cygwin\XFree86xterm.bat"
>
>2) A VB shell script named 'C:\cygwin\invisible.vbs' containing the single
>line:
>CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run """" & WScript.Arguments(0) & """", 0,
>False
>
>3) A DOS shell script named 'C:\cygwin\XFree86xterm.bat' containing the
>following lines:
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>@echo off
>
>ps -ef | grep /usr/X11R6/bin/XWin > nul
>
>if ERRORLEVEL 1 (
>   start /DC:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin /B XWin -multiwindow -clipboard
>)
>
>set DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
>
>C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\xterm -fn 10x20 -sl 1000 -sb -leftbar -ms red -fg
>yellow -bg black -e /usr/bin/bash --login -i
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Description:
>- The shortcut starts the Windows scripting language, which runs the simple
>Visual Basic script.
>- The VB script runs the DOS shell script without generating a Command
>window.
>- The DOS shell script
>   - Starts 'XWin' with my preferred switches as a background process if no
>such process is already running,
>   - Sets DISPLAY to the 'localhost:0.0', which the 'xterm' will inherit, 
>and
>   - Starts a login bash shell in an XFree86 xterm with some decent extra
>settings.
>
>john
>

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