Can I close the startx cygwin shell?

[J. David Boyd]

Trebor Sreyb <tsreyb@yahoo.com> writes:

> Is there some way to run startx without opening a
> cygwin shell window? Or, alternatively, to exit the
> shell window after the X window manager has
> successfully started?
>
> Otherwise, I find myself having to leave open a cygwin
> shell window that is used for nothing other than
> kicking off startx - that window just sits there. 
>
> This is only a nuissance (adds an extra icon to the
> task bar), but if there's another way I'd like to
> know.
>
> I use cygwin on Win XP SP2.
>
> NOTE: I also tried doing the following from Win XP
> Start->Run:
>
> c:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe -c /usr/X11R6/bin/startx
>
> but this also opens up an unwanted window that must
> remain open.
>
> Thanks,
> -Bob
>  Andover, MA
>  USA
>
>
>

I use the startxwin.bat file in the c:\cgywin\usr\X11R6\bin folder.  You can
modify to open several xterms, or whatever you want, and it works great.

Dave in Largo, FL


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