From: Thorsten Kampe <thorsten@thorstenkampe.de>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Run a Cygwin (X) app from a DOS command line
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:13:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <gjfulb$nbn$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <001d01c96b41$2bbb20e0$4001a8c0@mycomputer>
* John Emmas (Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:13:20 -0000)>
> Is it possible to run a Cygwin GUI app (i.e. requiring 'X') from a DOS
> terminal, as opposed to a bash terminal? After starting the X server
> I tried "cygstart path/to/my/program" but nothing happened. The app
> runs fine if I start it from a bash terminal.
You have to set the DISPLAY variable to a valid value.
Thorsten
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-31 14:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-31 12:14 John Emmas
2008-12-31 14:13 ` Thorsten Kampe [this message]
2008-12-31 15:40 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2008-12-31 17:42 ` John Emmas
2009-01-06 4:08 ` Erich Dollansky
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