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From: Bootleg Eighty Six <bootleg86@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: run.exe xemacs - no window appears
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:29:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMsuEGGBu+iy3JfU=zuUGzQKKoxH8cPjMA0sS2nweW+yU5OOaQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMsuEGFa9M0-=MdGfa55z0xKfmf45O5nFNMaQCNJaQfSKRSw_g@mail.gmail.com>

Strange.
I don't have my DISPLAY variable set.
> env | grep -i DISPLAY
>

    From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
    Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:06:31 +0100
    Subject: Re: run.exe xemacs - no window appears

On Nov 11 15:14, Bootleg Eighty Six wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to run the cygwin port of Xemacs on Windows XP without a
> console window.
> I tried this command but the window didn't appear. However I could see
> the process running in TaskManager.
> >c:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/xemacs

I just tried it on XP and W7, and `run xemacs' from a shortcut or
console window works as expected.

It fails for me in the same way as you describe if I have the DISPLAY
variable set in my environment.  Quite expectedly.

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2011-11-11  9:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-11  7:14 Bootleg Eighty Six
2011-11-11  9:07 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-11-11  9:29 ` Bootleg Eighty Six [this message]

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