How to open a standalone xterm

[Joel Gwynn]

So it looks like if I first start up the multiwindow window manager
like so: "xwin -multiwindow &", then I can run xterm, but I have to
specify the display.  What's the typical way of automating this?

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Joel Gwynn <joelman@gmail.com> wrote:
> I know I've done this before, but I just can't get it to work on this
> new computer.  It's running Windows 7 starter.  I want to run xterm
> w/o running startx, ie I just want to open an xterm in windows, but I
> get:
>
> $ xterm
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display:
> xterm:  DISPLAY is not set
>
> If I specify DISPLAY:
> $ xterm -display localhost:0.0
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: localhost:0.0
> xterm:  DISPLAY is not set
>
> TIA,
> Joel
>

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