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From: cygwinx2eran@tromer.org
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: reset/terminate problems; preventing multiple XWin instance
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 12:03:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <40471B9D.7090308@tromer.org> (raw)
On 2004-03-04 18:02, Takuma Murakami wrote:
> > Perhaps there should be a switch that says "if the display already
> > exists, exit silently".
> I agree. We should have an option like "-silent" or "-quiet".
That's not quite it -- I want to ignore a "display already exists"
error, but if some other fatal error prevents XWin from loading I want
to know about it (say, via the dialog box).
> Let's suppose Cygwin/X has -silent option as above: then I
> think startxwin.bat with -silent option is sufficient for your
> purpose. It will start a server (which silently fails if there
> is the other) and then start some favorite applications.
This would spawn new instances of my favorite applications every time I
open an xterm. Not a pretty sight.
Eran
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-04 12:03 cygwinx2eran [this message]
2004-03-04 12:12 ` Alexander Gottwald
2004-03-04 12:57 cygwinx2eran
2004-03-04 15:05 ` Harold L Hunt II
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