* Re-install of cygwin today 4/7/16 and xterm missing
@ 2016-04-08 1:13 REBSTOCK, ROLAND
2016-04-08 13:40 ` Jon Turney
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From: REBSTOCK, ROLAND @ 2016-04-08 1:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
All, I reinstalled Cygwin on my win7 workstation and though I can start a X server, when I right click the X icon in the task menu I no longer have a option to start a xterm. What I found is I have to access CygwinX via start menu and then click on xterm which then starts up a new X applications menu and then I can launch a xterm by going to systemtool/xterm. Can I get it back to the way it was with the the X server in the task bar at the bottom and just right click to open a xterm? Unsure why I now have 2 different icons in my task bar.
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* Re: Re-install of cygwin today 4/7/16 and xterm missing
2016-04-08 1:13 Re-install of cygwin today 4/7/16 and xterm missing REBSTOCK, ROLAND
@ 2016-04-08 13:40 ` Jon Turney
2016-04-08 14:10 ` REBSTOCK, ROLAND
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From: Jon Turney @ 2016-04-08 13:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin; +Cc: REBSTOCK, ROLAND
On 08/04/2016 02:13, REBSTOCK, ROLAND wrote:
> All, I reinstalled Cygwin on my win7 workstation and though I can
> start a X server, when I right click the X icon in the task menu I no
I guess you are starting the X server directly, rather than using startxwin?
> longer have a option to start a xterm. What I found is I have to
> access CygwinX via start menu and then click on xterm which then
I think you meant to write something other than 'xterm' here, but I'm
not sure what...
> starts up a new X applications menu and then I can launch a xterm by
> going to systemtool/xterm. Can I get it back to the way it was with
System Tools/Xterm ?
> the the X server in the task bar at the bottom and just right click
> to open a xterm? Unsure why I now have 2 different icons in my task
> bar.
This is noted in [1] as a change in 1.18.0-1: 'Remove the "Applications"
submenu from the default XWinrc for new installations, as redundant to
xwin-xdg-menu.'
The X applications menu is supposed to be an improvement, as the X
applications menu automatically lists installed X applications, rather
than a manually edited fixed list.
If you really want to restore the previous behaviour, you can copy
/etc/X11/system.Xwinrc to ~/.XWinrc and change it as follows:
--- system.XWinrc.old 2016-04-08 14:19:23.667013700 +0100
+++ system.XWinrc 2016-04-08 14:20:05.839995700 +0100
@@ -81,17 +81,17 @@
// own configuration file.
// Make some menus...
-# menu apps {
-# xterm exec "xterm"
-# "Emacs" exec "emacs"
-# notepad exec notepad
-# xload exec "xload -display %display%" # Comment
-# }
+ menu apps {
+ xterm exec "xterm"
+ "Emacs" exec "emacs"
+ notepad exec notepad
+ xload exec "xload -display %display%" # Comment
+ }
menu root {
-// "Applications" menu apps
+ "Applications" menu apps
// Comments fit here, too...
-// SEPARATOR
+ SEPARATOR
[1] https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2015-11/msg00048.html
[2] http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-local-apps.html
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* Re: Re-install of cygwin today 4/7/16 and xterm missing
2016-04-08 13:40 ` Jon Turney
@ 2016-04-08 14:10 ` REBSTOCK, ROLAND
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From: REBSTOCK, ROLAND @ 2016-04-08 14:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Thank you
Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 8, 2016, at 9:40 AM, Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 08/04/2016 02:13, REBSTOCK, ROLAND wrote:
>> All, I reinstalled Cygwin on my win7 workstation and though I can
>> start a X server, when I right click the X icon in the task menu I no
>
> I guess you are starting the X server directly, rather than using startxwin?
>
>> longer have a option to start a xterm. What I found is I have to
>> access CygwinX via start menu and then click on xterm which then
>
> I think you meant to write something other than 'xterm' here, but I'm not sure what...
>
>> starts up a new X applications menu and then I can launch a xterm by
>> going to systemtool/xterm. Can I get it back to the way it was with
>
> System Tools/Xterm ?
>
>> the the X server in the task bar at the bottom and just right click
>> to open a xterm? Unsure why I now have 2 different icons in my task
>> bar.
>
> This is noted in [1] as a change in 1.18.0-1: 'Remove the "Applications" submenu from the default XWinrc for new installations, as redundant to xwin-xdg-menu.'
>
> The X applications menu is supposed to be an improvement, as the X applications menu automatically lists installed X applications, rather than a manually edited fixed list.
>
> If you really want to restore the previous behaviour, you can copy /etc/X11/system.Xwinrc to ~/.XWinrc and change it as follows:
>
> --- system.XWinrc.old 2016-04-08 14:19:23.667013700 +0100
> +++ system.XWinrc 2016-04-08 14:20:05.839995700 +0100
> @@ -81,17 +81,17 @@
> // own configuration file.
>
> // Make some menus...
> -# menu apps {
> -# xterm exec "xterm"
> -# "Emacs" exec "emacs"
> -# notepad exec notepad
> -# xload exec "xload -display %display%" # Comment
> -# }
> + menu apps {
> + xterm exec "xterm"
> + "Emacs" exec "emacs"
> + notepad exec notepad
> + xload exec "xload -display %display%" # Comment
> + }
>
> menu root {
> -// "Applications" menu apps
> + "Applications" menu apps
> // Comments fit here, too...
> -// SEPARATOR
> + SEPARATOR
>
> [1] https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2015-11/msg00048.html
> [2] http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-local-apps.html
>
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