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Re: Using startx script without opening cygwin bash command window
- From: Andrew Schulman <andrex at alumni dot utexas dot net>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:30:54 -0500
- Subject: Re: Using startx script without opening cygwin bash command window
- References: <buqvdo$jvf$1@sea.gmane.org>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
> My question is this... I currently open Cygwin's bash shell window and
> type startx to start up my X server. (I use the windowless option to avoid
> the ugly background.) But this leaves me with a bash shell that I don't
> use. I use my X shell windows. Is there a way to start the X server with
> all the options I am currently getting via my startx script without opening
> a bash shell window?
I don't know what options you have in your startx script, but I have a
shortcut in my Windows startup folder with target
C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\XWin.exe -multiwindow -clipboard -dpi 100
The server starts quietly when I log in. No shell window opens.
HTH,
Andrew.