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Re: nedit gives X-error of failed request - also issues with (x)emacs
- From: Jon TURNEY <jon dot turney at dronecode dot org dot uk>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:42:06 +0000
- Subject: Re: nedit gives X-error of failed request - also issues with (x)emacs
- References: <939737.4187.qm@web25006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Marco Atzeri wrote:
> --- Maarten Vanneste ha scritto:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Interesting. I quit cygwin including killing the X-server. Restarted my
>> cygwin by double clicking the cygwin icon, executed "startxwin.sh", which
>> prompted an X-window to open, in which I can now type !
>>
>> Going back to the cygwin window in which I typed the "startxwin.sh"
>> command, I can now open xemacs successfully and can edit. This seems like
>> a solution.
>>
>> So, the x-server shortcut on the desktop may be at odds. This one has the
>> following characteristics: Target type: MS-DOS batch file Target
>> location: Singular Target: C:\cygwin\lib\Singular\startxserver.bat Start
>> in: C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
Aha! This script is provided by the package singular-icons, and is in need of
a small update (or just redirecting to point at the startxwin.bat script)
>> Should I change somethings there ?
>
> I assume
>
> Target: C:\cygwin\bin\startxwin.bat Start in: C:\cygwin\bin
That should work.
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