Re: Keyboard and start options problems

[Ken Brown <kbrown at cornell dot edu>]

On 4/7/2010 1:31 PM, Denis Beauchemin wrote:
> I also have a problem with my start icon that doesn't seem to pick up my
> custom parameters. The command is:
> C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startxwin.exe
> -xkblayout ca -xkbvariant fr -emulate3buttons
>
> The layout is always US and the 3 button emulation doesn't work either.

You need to quote the part after -c, and you're also missing a '--' (see 
the startxwin documentation).  Try

C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c '/usr/bin/startxwin.exe -- 
-xkblayout ca -xkbvariant fr -emulate3buttons'

Ken

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