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Re: problem debugging xset command inside batch script (revised)
Larry Hall (Cygwin X <reply-to-list-only-lh-x <at> cygwin.com> writes:
>
> Again, DISPLAY not set? But your alternative will leave you with a
> console window, or at least briefly. If this is not tolerable, check
> out 'run'.
>
I have to admit that adding the line
set DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
before
ssh -Y remote_computer_name mathematica
solved the problem of the superfluous rxvterm (Thanks!).
However, why then does the man page for ssh admonish users against setting the
DISPLAY variable manually?
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