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Re: Xwin.log error
Peter Farley wrote:
> PMFJI here, but why in the world are you using
> startxwin.bat a 2nd time to start a 2nd xterm?
That was the only icon/xterm-starter installed
> In all
> my cygwin-X experience, starting a second xterm is
> just a matter of using the xterm icon distributed with
> the other X-server pieces from setup.exe.
>
> I think it is an optional install item, so you may
> have missed it if you only specified the defaults to
> install. The item is labeled "X-start-menu-icons".
> Once it is installed, go to Start/All
> Programs/Cygwin-X, there is an xterm icon there you
> can use to start another xterm.
>
> Or you can extract the xterm startup line from
> startxwin.bat and store it as startxterm.bat.
>
> HTH
>
> Peter
I'll give that a try but I am still wondering what changed. XWin.exe
used to be able to determine that another instance was running and just
quietly exit.
Thanks.
Chuck
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