How do I start WM?

[Jon TURNEY]

On 23/02/2010 19:04, Joseph Ess wrote:
>> On 23/02/2010 18:29, Joseph Ess wrote:
>>>> Perhaps you should follow my suggestion and try it.
>>>
>>> I double-clicked on c:\cygwin\bin\startx.  It opens a
>>> dialog titled "Open With" that instructs one to "Choose the program you
>>> want to use to open this file".
>>
>> Does http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html#using-starting-startx say to run
>> startx by double clicking on it? Not it does not.
>>
>> Hint: that will not work as startx is bash script, which Windows explorer has no
>> idea how to run.
>>
>
> I say that I'm trying to replace a .bat file, which one could presumable
> run  by double-clicking on it, and you propose using a bash script, which one
cannot double-click on and then berate me for trying it?
>

Your question was "How do I start XWindows in full screen mode with OpenBox 
window manager?", not "How do I start XWindows in full screen mode with 
OpenBox window manager by double-clicking on something?"

Copy the "XWin Server" link on the start menu, and change the target of the 
copy from:

C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c "/usr/bin/startxwin.exe"

to:

C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c "/usr/bin/startx"

You probably want to change the name of the shortcut to something like "XWin 
server (windowed)" or whatever...

Customize ~/.xinitrc to launch openbox by having it end 'exec openbox' and 
remove the line which starts twm.

Double-click away!

-- 
Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

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