startxwin.exe without lingering DOS window

startxwin.exe without lingering DOS window

[Raul Acevedo]

How do you run startxwin.exe so that it doesn't leave a lingering MS-DOS
window after it starts the programs in ~/.startwinrc?

Are there plans to update http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html so people
like me don't waste a few hours finding out that startxwin.bat has been
replaced by startxwin.exe and that it is documented in its man page?

Thanks,

Raul Acevedo
http://www.cantara.com

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Re: startxwin.exe without lingering DOS window

[Holger Krull]

Am 07.01.2010, 00:14 Uhr, schrieb Raul Acevedo <raul@cantara.com>:

>
> How do you run startxwin.exe so that it doesn't leave a lingering MS-DOS
> window after it starts the programs in ~/.startwinrc?

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



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Re: startxwin.exe without lingering DOS window

[Derek Greer]

>> How do you run startxwin.exe so that it doesn't leave a lingering MS-DOS
>> window after it starts the programs in ~/.startwinrc?

> 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?
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Re: startxwin.exe without lingering DOS window

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

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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Re: startxwin.exe without lingering DOS window

[Derek Greer]

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

Ah, ok.  For some reason I mistakenly read the original question as "how do
you get startxwin.exe to not show the default XTerm" where the user was
actually talking about a spawning DOS window.  Thanks.
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Re: startxwin.exe without lingering DOS window

[Jon TURNEY]

On 06/01/2010 23:14, Raul Acevedo wrote:
> How do you run startxwin.exe so that it doesn't leave a lingering MS-DOS
> window after it starts the programs in ~/.startwinrc?

As pointed out by others, this is achieved by using 'run' (which is designed 
for exactly that purpose) to invoke startxwin.

The 'XWin Server' start menu entry created by the installation of the xinit 
package should contain a command line to do that: 'C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe 
/usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startxwin.exe' (this also gives XWin and all 
your clients a login shell environment)

If that isn't working to hide the DOS window, that would probably be a bug in run.

> Are there plans to update http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html so people
> like me don't waste a few hours finding out that startxwin.bat has been
> replaced by startxwin.exe and that it is documented in its man page?

Yes, the plan is to update that documentation either:
i/ When someone sends me a patch, or
ii/ When I have some time and the inclination to do so

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Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

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