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Re: Status Update
- To: <lebarre at us dot ibm dot com>,"Cygx \(E-mail\)" <cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: Status Update
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 08:14:22 +1100
- References: <8525697B.004A91CA.00@D51MTA08.pok.ibm.com>
I launch X from bash and get no extra windows - why not just launch "bash
startx" which should get the same result?
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: <lebarre@us.ibm.com>
To: "Cygx (E-mail)" <cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 12:34 AM
Subject: Re: Status Update
> Well, isn't the main reason for all the DOS prompts because a couple of
> terminal windows are being launched along with the X-server? If the
window
> manager can do it, you could open the windows within X (I've noticed XFce
> is already ported, for example), and you could remove some prompts roight
> there.
>
> I expect, though, you're looking for a way to feed "run" paramaters to
> XWin.exe
>
>
> > 9) Devise a server start method that doesn't launch a ton of DOS
prompts
> > Difficulty: unknown, might cause more confusion than benefit
>
>
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