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Re: startxwin.bat - how to use an .xinitrc file
- From: "Thomas Chadwick" <j_tetazoo at hotmail dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:10:45 -0400
- Subject: Re: startxwin.bat - how to use an .xinitrc file
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- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Sounds like I've got my Cygwin/Xfree setup the way you'd like. You can do
it, too, in 3 easy steps...
1) Edit the file .bash_profile in your home directory and make sure the
X11R6/bin directory gets added to your path. e.g.:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
2) Put your .xinitrc file in your home directory and edit it to your liking.
3) Create a Windows shortcut (on the Desktop, for instance) with the
following target:
C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\run.exe /bin/bash.exe --login -c "xinit --
-noreset -nodecoration"
The run part keeps bash from creating a dormant icon on the task bar.
The "--login" part tells bash to read .bash_profile.
The arguments after "xinit --" get passed to XWin.
That's all there is to it!
From: Mike Campbell <oradba_us@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: startxwin.bat - how to use an .xinitrc file
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:24:33 -0500
I have several things that I like to have run when I start an xsession and
normally I would put these into a ~/.xinitrc file to have them run at X
startup time.
However, when I run startxwin.bat it does not appear to execute the
.xinitrc file automatically. Therefore I have had to manually edit the
startxwin.bat file and add my custom stuff.
I"d like to find a way around editing startxwin.bat since after every xfree
update I have to re-edit the file and re-add my custom lines.
Am I missing something here? Is there a way to get startxwin.bat to
automatically find $HOME/.xinitrc or would this be a good enhancement
request?
Thanks,
Mike Campbell
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