[ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: xorg-server-1.6.4-1

[Ken Brown]

On 9/30/2009 11:41 PM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> The following patch has been REVERTED in this release:
> 
> * "Use bash login shell to execute the commands started from the tray 
> menu":  This could cause lengthly delays in launching programs depending 
> on the contents of the user's .bash_profile.  Instead, xinit-1.1.1-5 
> launches XWin itself in a login shell, which should have the same effect.

I think you may have also reverted some improvements that had been made 
to /etc/X11/system.XWinrc.  As a result, starting xterm from the tray 
menu no longer starts a login shell.  I would suggest something like the 
following, as we discussed in the thread starting at 
http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-xfree/2009-06/msg00010.html:

--- system.XWinrc.orig  2009-09-30 22:19:57.000000000 -0400
+++ system.XWinrc       2009-10-03 10:55:43.468750000 -0400
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@

  // Make some menus...
  menu apps {
-       xterm   exec    "xterm"
-       "Emacs"         exec    "emacs"
+       xterm   exec    "xterm -ls -sb"
+       emacs   exec    "emacs"
         notepad exec    notepad
         xload   exec    "xload -display %display%"  # Comment
  }

Ken

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