From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3694 invoked by alias); 23 Mar 2013 00:02:35 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 3683 invoked by uid 89); 23 Mar 2013 00:02:30 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from mail-la0-f41.google.com (HELO mail-la0-f41.google.com) (209.85.215.41) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:02:28 +0000 Received: by mail-la0-f41.google.com with SMTP id fo12so8383321lab.0 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:02:24 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.148.196 with SMTP id tu4mr2122598lbb.35.1363996944720; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:02:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.18.48 with HTTP; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:02:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:02:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Is there a way to spawn processes from the XWin login shell? From: Thiago Padilha To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-SW-Source: 2013-03/txt/msg00013.txt.bz2 XWin uses a login shell to configure its environment when it starts up, and processes spawned from the tray icon inherit XWin environment so they don't have to be spawned from login shells. Is there a way to achieve the same effect without using a tray icon? For example, can I have a desktop shortcut that launches a terminal emulator with a simple interactive(non-login) shell and still have it inherit the currently running XWin environment like it was started from the tray icon? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/