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Re: How do I start WM?
- From: "Yaakov (Cygwin/X)" <yselkowitz at users dot sourceforge dot net>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:32:54 -0600
- Subject: Re: How do I start WM?
- References: <966033.40264.qm@web39608.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On 2010-02-25 12:56, Joseph Ess wrote:
Really? I looked. Your definition of "clear" and mine must be different.
The xinit(1) man page suggests an ~/xinitrc like so:
xrdb -load $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid gray&
xclock -g 50x50-0+0 -bw 0&
xload -g 50x50-50+0 -bw 0&
xterm -g 80x24+0+0&
xterm -g 80x24+0-0&
twm
Note that the last line does NOT have a '&'. Quoting from xinit(1):
An important point is that programs which are run by .xinitrc should be
run in the background if they do not exit right away, so that they
don’t prevent other programs from starting up. However, the last long-
lived program started (usually a window manager or terminal emulator)
should be left in the foreground so that the script won’t exit (which
indicates that the user is done and that xinit should exit).
Yaakov
Cygwin/X
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