Starting a xterm window

[Hans-Bernhard Bröker]

Am 07.06.2017 um 17:18 schrieb Ugly Leper:
 > If I want to enter xterm straight from a Windows command prompt I try
 >
 > G:\> bin\run bin\XWin -clipboard -nolock -multiwindow 2>nul &
 > G:\> bin\xterm -display :0.0

I'm less than convinced that the '&' at the end of the first command is 
a valid idea.

 > /usr/bin/xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0
 > /usr/bin/xterm: DISPLAY is not set
 >
 > Any ideas? (This used to work, it really did ...)

WFM, without the '&', and each line copy-pasted individually, so there's 
some time for X to start before its services are required.

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