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Re: Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2


On 29/12/2009 16:15, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
Should we use "run" to launch startxwin.exe, or is it OK to just
create a shortcut to startxwin.exe?

In general, you should be using run.exe in Windows shortcuts. The Start Menu shortcut created during postinstall goes a step further, running:


\path\to\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startxwin.exe

IOW startxwin is launched from within a login shell so that it knows where to find HOME (for .startxwinrc) and so that clients launched thereby inherit a complete user environment.


Yaakov Cygwin/X

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