Re: Getting error message when launching X-Window apps in Cygwin

2019-02-10 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 9 18:43, Vince Rice wrote: > > On Feb 9, 2019, at 6:01 PM, L A Walsh wrote: > > > > On 2/9/2019 11:06 AM, Vince Rice wrote: > >>> On Feb 9, 2019, at 8:46 AM, L A Walsh wrote: > > > >> What you think about this is irrelevant. > > > >Not really. > Yes, really. > > > > >> What I think

Re: Getting error message when launching X-Window apps in Cygwin

2019-02-09 Thread Vince Rice
> On Feb 9, 2019, at 6:01 PM, L A Walsh wrote: > > On 2/9/2019 11:06 AM, Vince Rice wrote: >>> On Feb 9, 2019, at 8:46 AM, L A Walsh wrote: > >> What you think about this is irrelevant. > >Not really. Yes, really. > >> What I think about this is >> irrelevant. The only thoughts that matter

Re: Getting error message when launching X-Window apps in Cygwin

2019-02-09 Thread L A Walsh
On 2/9/2019 11:06 AM, Vince Rice wrote: >> On Feb 9, 2019, at 8:46 AM, L A Walsh wrote: > What you think about this is irrelevant. Not really. > What I think about this is > irrelevant. The only thoughts that matter are the ones of those who > manage the list, But they only

Re: Getting error message when launching X-Window apps in Cygwin

2019-02-09 Thread Vince Rice
> On Feb 9, 2019, at 8:46 AM, L A Walsh wrote: > > … > > For me, … What you think about this is irrelevant. What I think about this is irrelevant. The only thoughts that matter are the ones of those who manage the list, and they have said this is a "do not top post" list. Others who say "do not

Posting etiquette: Was: Getting error message when launching X-Window apps in Cygwin

2019-02-09 Thread Jack
On 2/9/19 9:46 AM, L A Walsh wrote: If a list is a conversational list where people think everyone reads everything, then maybe chronological might be better, but even many forums will show you the newer messages first. The behavior/display of a list of messages does not have to be the same as t

Re: Getting error message when launching X-Window apps in Cygwin

2019-02-09 Thread L A Walsh
Coud you reconsider that, otherwise someone posting a README would violate the rules, (for exampe) which has most recent changes at the top and you can read down as far as you want, going back in time. Also, like your sentence, below, you put the category of your "PS-no top posting" with the categ

Re: Getting error message when launching X-Window apps in Cygwin

2019-02-09 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, akshay chavan! > I think I found out why I faced this problem. When downloading Cygwin, I > had chosen "download without installing". This installed only the base > package. Later, I followed the instructions at > http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/setup.html#setup-cygwin-x-installing to insta

Re: Getting error message when launching X-Window apps in Cygwin

2019-02-08 Thread akshay chavan via cygwin
Hi, I think I found out why I faced this problem. When downloading Cygwin, I had chosen "download without installing". This installed only the base package. Later, I followed the instructions at http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/setup.html#setup-cygwin-x-installing to install X server. I think this

Getting error message when launching X-Window apps in Cygwin

2019-02-08 Thread akshay chavan via cygwin
Hi, A newbie to Cygwin here. I have installed Cygwin on Windows 10. I have also installed the "nedit" editor as a package while installing cygwin, along with x-org server and other x-windows related stuff. When I open a cygwin console and type startxwin nedit, I get the following error message: