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* Re: Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2
       [not found] <4B3A6D32.9050606@users.sourceforge.net>
@ 2009-12-29 22:15 ` Jim Reisert AD1C
  2009-12-29 23:08   ` Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jim Reisert AD1C @ 2009-12-29 22:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin-xfree

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:

> This release replaces those scripts with a startxwin executable.

Should we use "run" to launch startxwin.exe, or is it OK to just
create a shortcut to startxwin.exe?

- Jim

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* Re: Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2
  2009-12-29 22:15 ` Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2 Jim Reisert AD1C
@ 2009-12-29 23:08   ` Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Yaakov (Cygwin/X) @ 2009-12-29 23:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin-xfree

On 29/12/2009 16:15, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> Should we use "run" to launch startxwin.exe, or is it OK to just
> create a shortcut to startxwin.exe?

In general, you should be using run.exe in Windows shortcuts.  The Start 
Menu shortcut created during postinstall goes a step further, running:

\path\to\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startxwin.exe

IOW startxwin is launched from within a login shell so that it knows 
where to find HOME (for .startxwinrc) and so that clients launched 
thereby inherit a complete user environment.


Yaakov
Cygwin/X

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