Ok, thankyou to all the replies so far - I appreciate it very much. It's
still not working but here are the answers to your questions:
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From Ken Dibble -
Immediately after you do the install (i.e. before you make changes),
what happens when you double-click startxwin.bat?
It starts X (I get the X in the toolbar) and a basic bash terminal window.
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From Thomas Chadwick -
Have you found/read this?
http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html#using-starting
Yep, but all it says is the different ways of starting, none of which bring
up a window manager with the ability to do things like spawn a new xterm.
This is where I start to feel frustrated, because it seems that you're
implying that this part of the guide tells you how to do that, but I can't
for the life of me see where.
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From Fergus -
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3. /usr/X11R6/bin/run /usr/X11R6/bin/XWin -nolisten local -multiwindow
/bin/xterm -display localhost:0.0
Ok, I tried that, and what happens is that I get a background (i.e. the
start of what might eventually become a window manager!) and then in a
different Windows window I get an xterm. This xterm is also copied as an
embedded xterm in the background, and I can type commands in either and
they are reflected in the other. If I shut one then the other shuts. I
can't right click on the background and create another xterm.
Thanks again, and any other suggestions are very welcome,
Ian