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Re: Get cygwin X startup window console in notification area?
- From: Csaba Raduly <rcsaba at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com, moss at cs dot umass dot edu
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:34:36 +0100
- Subject: Re: Get cygwin X startup window console in notification area?
- References: <4AF93A31.5000303@cs.umass.edu>
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Eliot Moss <moss@cs.umass.edu> wrote:
> I start X under cygwin using a Windows shortcut to
> C;\cygwin\bin\bash.exe where I have edited the target to add
> -login -c "/usr/bin/startx -- -unixkill -clipboard -multimonitors"
>
> When I run it, I get a icon for X windows (desired) but also a
> taskbar icon for the bash console (the one that is running
> startx).
You could use startxwin.bat
That would start the X server (in the notification area) and an xterm,
and then terminates.
I think the Cygwin 1.7 installer creates a shortcut for you in the
Start menu/Programs
Csaba
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