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As a trivial postscript: starting xterm from Windows with the single line above is as frugal a start-up as any I have come across: ps gives PID PPID PGID WINPID TTY UID STIME COMMAND 1122 1121 1122 7232 pty0 197609 13:57:34 /usr/bin/ps 1120 1 1120 12216 cons0 197609 13:57:32 /usr/bin/xt= erm 1115 1 1115 11964 ? 197609 13:57:30 /usr/bin/XW= in 1121 1120 1121 4228 pty0 197609 13:57:32 /usr/bin/ba= sh i.e. just 1 x bash + 1 x XWin + 1 x xterm. Even the one-line xterm startup $ xinit xterm -- -nolock -multiwindow from a bash shell, recently shared here, gives the somewhat lengthy PID PPID PGID WINPID TTY UID STIME COMMAND 1745 1739 1745 3548 ? 197609 14:01:42 /usr/bin/xt= erm 1740 1739 1740 6564 cons0 197609 14:01:41 /usr/bin/XW= in 1737 1 1737 10976 cons0 197609 13:59:39 /usr/bin/ba= sh 1739 1737 1739 12004 cons0 197609 14:01:41 /usr/bin/xi= nit 1748 1747 1748 6800 pty1 197609 14:01:44 /usr/bin/ps 1746 1745 1746 10316 pty0 197609 14:01:42 /usr/bin/xt= erm 1747 1746 1747 8820 pty1 197609 14:01:42 /usr/bin/ba= sh i.e. 2 x bash + 1 x xinit + 1 x XWin + 2 x xterm. BTW the switch -clipboard is redundant in the proffered line above, its omi= ssion rendering the sequence shorter still.