On 9/29/2020 6:26 AM, Thomas Schweikle via Cygwin wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I've managed to install cygwin/X on Windows 10. Now I'm looking for command
> "startxwin" -- does not seen to exist. If following instructions from
> https://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/setup.html it should be installed? Or is an
> extra package selected needed beyond what is given in upper mentioned
> handbook online?
>
> If I start "XWin.exe -multiwindow" directly it starts and finishes
> immediately. The recommended idea of creating an
> executable "~/.startxwinrc" holding only "exec sleep infinity" does not
> help. Same behaviour as before. Any other suggestions?
startxwin is in the xinit package. Personally I use xlaunch, in the
xlaunch package. xlaunch with no arguments fires up a GUI where you
can configure it and save an xlaunch file, e.g., ~/config.xlaunch.
I put a link to xlaunch in my Windows task bar, with the follow
command line it:
C:\cygwin64\bin\run.exe /bin/xlaunch -p /usr/bin -run /home/moss/config.xlaunch
You'll need to change paths for your file locations, of course.
It uses startxwin. Below is my personal .startxwinrc file for a sample. It
starts a couple of xterm windows and an emacs, all iconized. The emacs
geometry suits my high resolution screen. The "wait" is important - otherwise
things exit immediately and the X server terminates.
#!/bin/bash
xrdb -merge ${HOME}/.Xdefaults
xmodmap ${HOME}/.Xmodmap
UC="${USER} console"
xterm +tb -geometry 110x62+4+0 -T "${USER}" -n "${USER}" -name "${USER}" -bg rgbi:.0/.2/.2 -ls
-iconic &
xterm +tb -geometry 110x62-10+0 -T "${UC}" -n "${UC}" -name "${UC}" -bg rgbi:.5/.0/.1 -ls
-iconic &
emacs --chdir=${HOME} --no-splash --iconic --geometry=130x60+100+100 -T emacs &
wait
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