[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-9 (major changes to multiwindow session)

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-9 (major changes to multiwindow session)

[Yaakov Selkowitz]

The following package has been updated in the Cygwin distribution:

* xinit-1.3.4-9

xinit contains commands used for starting X sessions.

This release includes major changes to the default multiwindow session
based on feedback from users:

* fbpanel (the menu and tray located in the upper corner of the screen)
previously used by the multiwindow session is no longer required by
xinit.  Users that have no other need for fbpanel may choose to
uninstall it.

* Instead, the new xwin-xdg-menu provides a spec-compliant menu for
launching X applications, and for exiting the X session, from the
Windows notification area.  The alacarte package (Preferences->Main
Menu) may be installed to edit the menu on a per-user basis.

* Users that still want an X11 tray can install the new trayer package,
but it is not pulled in by default.  Tray-dependent applications, even
when installed, will only be launched by default when trayer is present.

* xterm is no longer started by default.  Users may start their choice
of terminal from the menu.

PLEASE NOTE that in order to see these changes, users that have a
custom .startxwinrc files must move it aside first.

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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-9 (major changes to multiwindow session)

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote:

> The following package has been updated in the Cygwin distribution:
>
> * xinit-1.3.4-9
>
> xinit contains commands used for starting X sessions.
>
> This release includes major changes to the default multiwindow session
> based on feedback from users:

Lots of good stuff here!

I'm getting both the new xwin-xdg-menu, as well as the old 'X' in my
Windows notification area.  How do I get rid of the latter?  I do not
have a .startxwinrc nor a .XWinrc file.

Thanks - Jim

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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-9 (major changes to multiwindow session)

[Yaakov Selkowitz]

On Mon, 2015-07-06 at 18:25 -0600, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote:
> > This release includes major changes to the default multiwindow session
> > based on feedback from users:
> 
> Lots of good stuff here!
> 
> I'm getting both the new xwin-xdg-menu, as well as the old 'X' in my
> Windows notification area.  How do I get rid of the latter?  I do not
> have a .startxwinrc nor a .XWinrc file.

You could create a ~/.xserverrc with the following:

exec /usr/bin/XWin -notrayicon [OTHER_ARGS] "$@"

The only caveat is that would apply to *all* X sessions, not just the
multiwindow session.  An alternative is to copy the XWin Server shortcut
and add " -- -multiwindow -notrayicon" (without the quotes) right after
startxwin in the command.

HTH,

Yaakov



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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-9 (major changes to multiwindow session)

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 8:34 PM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote:

> The only caveat is that would apply to *all* X sessions, not just the
> multiwindow session.  An alternative is to copy the XWin Server shortcut
> and add " -- -multiwindow -notrayicon" (without the quotes) right after
> startxwin in the command.

That worked great, thanks!  This is the shortcut from my Startup folder:

C:\Cygwin\bin\run.exe --quote /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c "cd;
/usr/bin/startxwin -- -multiwindow -notrayicon"

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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-9 (major changes to multiwindow session)

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

The answers to these two questions may be, "It's the way it's always
been...." but I just wanted to check:

1.  After starting the X server, is it normal for the xinit.exe
process to still be running as shown in Windows Task Manager?  I am
using the XDG menu, and ran startxwin with the -notrayicon option.
The xinit.exe process does go away after exiting the X server.

2.  After starting the X server, is it normal for a bash shell to be
running, even if there are no running xterms?  The bash shell does go
away after exiting the X xserver.

Thanks - Jim

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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-9 (major changes to multiwindow session)

[Yaakov Selkowitz]

On Wed, 2015-07-08 at 00:14 -0600, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> The answers to these two questions may be, "It's the way it's always
> been...." but I just wanted to check:
> 
> 1.  After starting the X server, is it normal for the xinit.exe
> process to still be running as shown in Windows Task Manager?  I am
> using the XDG menu, and ran startxwin with the -notrayicon option.
> The xinit.exe process does go away after exiting the X server.

Yes, since 1.3.4-1 (last November) startxwin behaves very much like
startx.

> 2.  After starting the X server, is it normal for a bash shell to be
> running, even if there are no running xterms?  The bash shell does go
> away after exiting the X xserver.

If you're using the XWin Server shortcut, yes.

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