problem debugging xset command inside batch script (revised)

[Larry Hall (Cygwin X)]

jjo wrote:
> 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?

You should not set the DISPLAY variable manually on the _remote_ system.

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