RE: More questions about xfree

["ted byers" <ted dot byers at sympatico dot ca>]

Thanks Andrew,

>
>
> A small copy'n'paste of the conclusion I think..
>
> /----------------------------
> | I generally like what startx does better than startxwin.sh,
> except that the
> \----------------------------
> Then edit startxwin.sh :-)
>
Edit startxwin.sh because I like startx better?  :-)

> / "ted byers" <ted.byers@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> | Please help me understand the differences between
> shartxwin.sh and startx.
>
> startx is the normal method to fire up xfree on a unix-machine where
> much of the environment is set before, it takes over the screen and so
> on.
>
> startxwin.sh sets environment does some nice stuff for your cygwin
> environment, like fires up xterms and so on.
>
What I was looking for was information relating what is happening that is
different between the two scripts to the differences in behaviour that I
saw, because I am not familiar with unix shell scripts.

> [...]
>
> | Do all these error messages mean that something in my
> installation of xfree
> | is broken, or is it the case that 'X' and startx do a
> couple things that are
> | not appropriate on NT+cygwin?
>
> No.
>
I assume you mean 'No' to both questions.

I guess part of the problem is that when I last used unix, I would leave
this sort of thing to the sys-admin, and I never had to deal with shell
scripts.  I have been meaning to look into the latter (something I should be
able to manage if I can find a good book or ebook, since I have been writing
programs in languages like fortran and C++ for close to twenty years - I
just never needed shell scripts before).

Thanks again.

Ted