Re: XWin.exe <--> xinit link

[Pavel Holejsovsky <pavel dot holejsovsky at st dot com>]

I think you are looking for $HOME/.xserverrc file. E.g. mine contains:

#! /bin/sh
X -nowinkill -nodecoration -lesspointer -rootless

BTW, this all seems to be documented in xinit man page, as pointed out 
by Thomas.

Pavel

jc.gervais@videotron.ca wrote:
> Thanks Thomas,
>
> 	The thing is, no matter what I put in those files, it either starts XWin
> with a border, or not at all.
>
> 	And when I do get it to start up, there is always a console mode window
> hanging around until I close it, and that closes XWin...
>
> 	*sigh* I AM trying to understand how all this stuff fits together, but I'm
> not having very much luck.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On
> Behalf Of Thomas Chadwick
> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 10:41 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: XWin.exe <--> xinit link
>
> RTFM!  Do "man xinit" from the Cygwin command-line and read the 1st 3
> paragraphs.
>
>
> > From: Jean-Claude Gervais <jc.gervais@videotron.ca>
> > Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > Subject: RE: XWin.exe <--> xinit link
> > Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 10:08:07 -0500
> >
> > Thanks Artur,
> >
> >      But that's not quite the info I was looking for;
> >
> >      You see, when I type startxwin.bat or startxwin.sh, I get a
> DIFFERENT
>
> > result than from starting xinit by itself.
> >
> >      Yet, xinit does start XWin, only it is starting it in windowed
> mode...
>
> > Which is OK, but I'm just wondering WHERE does xinit get this from? Is it
> > executing a script?
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On
> > Behalf Of Artur Hefczyc
> > Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 9:56 AM
> > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > Subject: Re: XWin.exe <--> xinit link
> >
> >
> > > What parameters does it use to start XWin? Where does it get the
> > parameters?
> > You can find manual and parameters for XWin from command:
> > man XWin
> >
> >
> > > Is it executing a script?
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.sh
> >
> > Artur Hefczyc
> > --
> > Artur Hefczyc
> > http://wttools.sf.net/
>
>
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