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RE: cut & paste
- To: <cygwin-xfree at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: RE: cut & paste
- From: "Palic, Darko" <darko dot palic at gmx dot de>
- Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:55:16 +0200
you have to set your DISPLAY!
type a "export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0" before you try to start your xwinclip.exe
regards,
Darko
> Hi,
>
> thanks to those who responded to my original email and directed me to
> xwinclip.exe to gain cut & paste functionality for cygwin/xfree86.
>
> I have downloaded the binary and made the changes as per instructions but I
> can not get it to work. When I try to run xwinclip.exe I get the following
> message:
>
> could not open display.
>
> Does anyone know what this means?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bronwyn
>
>