Problems Starting Xterm using the System Tray Icon for XWin Server

[Ken Brown]

On 2/18/2010 7:13 AM, Craig Moore wrote:
> When I open a new xterm window using the XWin Server icon in the system tray:
>
>> (right click on icon)->Applications->xterm
>
> it opens xterm, but the command prompt is not formatted correctly and
> the window title is 'xterm' instaed of the current directory.
>
> The command prompt looks like:
>
>> bash-3.2$
>
> and should be
>
>> craig@laptop ~
>> $
>
> How do I configure the XWin Server so that it opens xterm correctly?

This happens because xterm doesn't start a login shell, and PS1 gets 
unset.  One way around this is to set PS1 in your ~/.bashrc file.  For 
example:

   PS1='\[\e]0;\w\a\]\n\[\e[32m\]\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\w\[\e[0m\]\n\$ '

> Also, is there a way I can add a shortcut on my desktop to open a new
> terminal window without having to type 'xterm' in the existing
> terminal window or the system tray icon?

I use a shortcut with target

   C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/xterm -ls -display 127.0.0.1:0.0

Ken

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