RE: Error: too many arguments on commandline

[JOEL dot MOOTS at L-3com dot com]

(I of course meant "-engine 1 was required", not "-screen 1".)

-joel

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Moots, Joel A. @ EOS
> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 6:54 AM
> To: 'cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com'
> Subject: RE: Error: too many arguments on commandline
> 
> Thanks! Removing the -silent-dup-error was sufficient; I feel a bit
> silly now.
> 
> BTW, my cygwin is a bit *ahem* dated, so I do still need the -
> clipboard, and the -screen 1 was required for it to peacefully
> coexist with Netmeeting.
> 
> -joel
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jon TURNEY [mailto:jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 6:33 AM
> > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > Cc: Moots, Joel A. @ EOS
> > Subject: Re: Error: too many arguments on commandline
> >
> > On 13/10/2009 21:01, JOEL.MOOTS@L-3com.com wrote:
> > > I am trying to start up XWin with 3 screens, all of a specific
> > size, but
> > > when I run a command in a startup batch file like this (where
> > %RUN% is
> > > \cygwin\bin\run -p /usr/X11R6/bin):
> > >
> > > %RUN% XWin :3 -clipboard -silent-dup-error -engine 1 -
> > nodecoration
> > > -multiplemonitors -screen 0 1280 1024 -screen 1 1280 1024 -
> screen
> > 2 1280
> > > 1024
> >
> > You might be able to drop -clipboard since it is on by default
> > since 1.6.1.902-1
> >
> > I am surprised that you need -engine 1 (ShadowGDI). It's some
> kind
> > of bug if
> > the default engine (ShadowDDNL, I guess) doesn't work properly
> for
> > you, and it
> > should be faster.
> >
> > '-multimonitors' is an (undocumented) alias for '-
> multiplemonitors'
> >
> > You don't really need -silent-dup-error unless you forget the
> > server is
> > already running a lot :-)
> >
> > > I get a popup error message titled "Run.exe" with message
> "Error:
> > too
> > > many arguments on commandline XWin". Removing the %RUN% gets
> rid
> > of the
> > > error, but of course, doesn't really help me any. Is there any
> > way to
> > > specify any of those options to XWin other than on the command
> > line so
> > > that maybe I will not exceed whatever run.exe limit I am
> hitting?
> >
> > There is currently no other way to specify XWin arguments but via
> > the command
> > line.
> >
> > I don't know why this limit in run exists, but you might be able
> to
> > squeeze
> > under it with the suggestions above.
> >
> > According to your cygcheck output you don't even have the X
> server
> > installed :-)
> >
> > --
> > Jon TURNEY
> > Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

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