problem debugging xset command inside batch script (revised)

[jjo]

Larry Hall (Cygwin X <reply-to-list-only-lh-x <at> cygwin.com> writes:

> 
> Again, DISPLAY not set?  But your alternative will leave you with a
> console window, or at least briefly.  If this is not tolerable, check
> out 'run'.
> 

I have to admit that adding the line
   set DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
before 
  ssh -Y remote_computer_name mathematica
solved the problem of the superfluous rxvterm (Thanks!).

However, why then does the man page for ssh admonish users against setting the
DISPLAY variable manually?




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