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(8.15.0.59/8.15.0.59) with SMTP id u38E3hZM043711 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 10:10:09 -0400 Received: from alpi155.enaf.aldc.att.com (sbcsmtp7.sbc.com [144.160.229.24]) by m0049459.ppops.net-00191d01. with ESMTP id 226d8rspyb-1 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 08 Apr 2016 10:10:08 -0400 Received: from enaf.aldc.att.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alpi155.enaf.aldc.att.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id u38EA8u3028979 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 10:10:08 -0400 Received: from mlpi409.sfdc.sbc.com (mlpi409.sfdc.sbc.com [130.9.128.241]) by alpi155.enaf.aldc.att.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id u38EA1kk028906 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 10:10:02 -0400 Received: from MISOUT7MSGHUBAD.ITServices.sbc.com (MISOUT7MSGHUBAD.itservices.sbc.com [130.9.129.148]) by mlpi409.sfdc.sbc.com (RSA Interceptor) for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 14:09:51 GMT Received: from MISOUT7MSGUSRDG.ITServices.sbc.com ([169.254.7.123]) by MISOUT7MSGHUBAD.ITServices.sbc.com ([130.9.129.148]) with mapi id 14.03.0248.002; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 10:09:51 -0400 From: "REBSTOCK, ROLAND" To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" Subject: Re: Re-install of cygwin today 4/7/16 and xterm missing Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2016 14:10:00 -0000 Message-ID: References: ,<5707B4AB.1080308@dronecode.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <5707B4AB.1080308@dronecode.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-RSA-Inspected: yes X-RSA-Classifications: public X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2016-04-08_09:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_policy_notspam policy=outbound_policy score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1603180000 definitions=main-1604080208 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-04/txt/msg00176.txt.bz2 Thank you Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 8, 2016, at 9:40 AM, Jon Turney wrot= e: >=20 >> 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 >=20 > I guess you are starting the X server directly, rather than using startxw= in? >=20 >> 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 >=20 > I think you meant to write something other than 'xterm' here, but I'm not= sure what... >=20 >> 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 >=20 > System Tools/Xterm ? >=20 >> 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. >=20 > 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.' >=20 > The X applications menu is supposed to be an improvement, as the X applic= ations menu automatically lists installed X applications, rather than a man= ually edited fixed list. >=20 > If you really want to restore the previous behaviour, you can copy /etc/X= 11/system.Xwinrc to ~/.XWinrc and change it as follows: >=20 > --- 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. >=20 > // 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 > + } >=20 > menu root { > -// "Applications" menu apps > + "Applications" menu apps > // Comments fit here, too... > -// SEPARATOR > + SEPARATOR >=20 > [1] https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2015-11/msg00048.html > [2] http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-local-apps.html >=20 > --=20 > Jon TURNEY > Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple