startxwin.exe without lingering DOS window

Jim Reisert AD1C jjreisert@alum.mit.edu
Thu Jan 14 16:49:00 GMT 2010


On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Derek Greer wrote:

>> C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startxwin.exe
>
> This can't be correct, as this is what exactly what the X Server start menu
> link executes and it spawns the the vanilla XTerm window.  I always
> customized by startxwin.bat to not launch this window.  How is this done
> with the new startxwin.exe?

Actually, it IS correct.

If you don't want the server to start an xterm by itself, create an
empty ~/.startxwinrc file

- Jim

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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us

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