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Re: about X
- From: wynfield at gmail dot com
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Cc: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:01:54 +0900
- Subject: Re: about X
- References: <loom.20090326T181826-793@post.gmane.org>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
samuel <samuelandjw@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi. I have just installed xinit on my vista laptop. When I typed in 'xinit' in
> the cygwin console, I got a BIG BIG annoying X window which occupied all the
> space of my desktop and cannot be resized. When I started other programs in
> xterm, the new program just covered up the space where xterm used to be and I
> couldn't switch back to the xterm windows.
> How can I get a clean and separate xterm window? Thank you.
Samuel, some say this is off topic, but I find that xterm, emacs built for x11, and et al depend on X11. I am not an expert, so can only tell you of a kludge I found that fixes the problem. There must be an X or x something rc file that can be modified
to give arguments, but there is a maze of them and the formats vary. I found no direct answer on the Cygwin/X faq, but I'll cc this to the list, though I'm not a member.
Here is a simple work around I found that fixed the problem for me.
I changed line #28 in /bin/startx to include two arguments, one for the clipboard and one for multiple windows (which is what you want). You probably also want the clipboard to work.
line 28 in "/bin/startx" changed to the below:
defaultserverargs="-clipboard -multiwindow"
Regards,
Wynfield
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