Cygwin 1.7 xterm

Thomas Dickey dickey@his.com
Fri Jan 15 22:40:00 GMT 2010


On Fri, 15 Jan 2010, Jerry Lowry wrote:

> Okay, I understand that, but I did not have to do this under 1.5.  Did they 
> change the default in 1.7?

I've been seeing comments about this for a while - perhaps a year or so.
It might be a change in 1.7.

I use the toolbar configuration most of the time, but see my comment here

 	http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=406169

> Any ideas as to why the blank X windows still continue to stick around after 
> the Xterm windows opens?

no - one of the comments said that might be DOS windows (but I don't have
1.7 to see).

>
> thanks
>
>
>
>
> Thomas Dickey wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Jan 2010, Jerry Lowry wrote:
>> 
>>> After my last install of 1.7 software the X server does start and the 
>>> blank X windows do go away.  But when I start an Xterm the blank X windows 
>>> stay around.  Anyway to start Xterm with them going away once started. 
>>> Also, the Xterm that starts looks like a version from back in the 80's. 
>>> Has "Main Options", "VT Options", "VT Fonts" accross the top.  Any way to 
>>> change this back to what I was running under 1.5?
>> 
>> man xterm
>> 
>> (command-line options)
>>        +tb     This option indicates that xterm should not set up a 
>> toolbar.
>> 
>> 
>> (resources)
>>        toolBar (class ToolBar)
>>                Specifies  whether or not the toolbar should be displayed. 
>> The
>>                default is "true."
>> 
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