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Re: How do I start WM?
----- Original Message ----
> From: Jon TURNEY <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Cc: joseph_ess@yahoo.com
> Sent: Tue, February 23, 2010 1:49:56 PM
> Subject: Re: How do I start WM?
>
> On 23/02/2010 18:29, Joseph Ess wrote:
> >> Perhaps you should follow my suggestion and try it.
> >
> > I double-clicked on c:\cygwin\bin\startx. It opens a
> > dialog titled "Open With" that instructs one to "Choose the program you
> > want to use to open this file".
>
> Does http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html#using-starting-startx say to run
> startx by double clicking on it? Not it does not.
>
> Hint: that will not work as startx is bash script, which Windows explorer has no
> idea how to run.
>
I say that I'm trying to replace a .bat file, which one could presumable run by double-clicking on it, and you propose using a bash script, which one cannot double-click on and then berate me for trying it?
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