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Re: Fw: X and startx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Cook" <duck@caveduck.com>
To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Cc: "Andrew Markebo" <flognat@flognat.myip.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: X and startx
> [discussion re the proper place to put /usr/X11R6/bin onto $PATH]
>
> Robert Collins suggested that we should lobby to get /usr/X11R6/bin
added to the
> /etc/profile generated by the Cygwin core installer. I think this
will be an excellent
> idea at the point when XF86 is included with the standard Cygwin
distro.
What do you think about doing that now? IMO your suggestion re
/etc/profile is the right way to do it(tm), but altering /etc/profile
post-cygwin install is the wrong way... thus my suggestion.
I see no reason to wait for XFree86 being included.
Rob
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Cook
>
>