Re: 1.5.4-1: Problem with XEmacs, fonts, and subprocesses.

[ht at cogsci dot ed dot ac dot uk (Henry S. Thompson)]

Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu> writes:

> On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Henry S. Thompson wrote:
>
>> Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu> writes:
>>
>> <snip/>
>>
>> >> If you're _really_ obsessive (like me :-( about launching from an
>> >> icon, compile the following and point the icon at it.
>> >>
>> >> Hope this helps,
>> >> ht
>> >> [code snipped]
>> >>    if (CreateProcess (NULL, "c:\\cygwin\\bin\\bash -c \"/usr/local/bin/i686-pc-cygwin/xemacs -f gnuserv-start\"", &sec_attrs, NULL, TRUE, 0,
>> >>                       NULL, NULL, &start, &child))
>> >
>> > Ouch!  Why not simply point the shortcut at 'c:\cygwin\bin\bash --login -c
>> > "/usr/local/bin/i686-pc-cygwin/xemacs -f gnuserv-start"'?
>> >       Igor
>>
>> Because that produces an unsightly command window as well as the
>> desired xemacs window.  That's what all the WinMain etc. stuff is
>> there to defeat.
>>
>> ht
>
> Umm, yeah, ok, make that 'c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\run.exe /bin/bash
> --login -c "/usr/local/bin/i686-pc-cygwin/xemacs -f gnuserv-start"', then.
> :-D
> 	Igor

Ah, but I don't run X, just vanilla cygwin.

See you and raise you again :-)

ht
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