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"Tim Prince" <tprince AT computer DOT org> wrote in message news:475F638D DOT 8070204 AT computer DOT org... > >> Is it correct that Cygwin Perl/Tk requires a running X server? > > That is one of the stranger assertions to pass by here in a while. More > so than the (OT, as there is that other list) complaint that installing > X from cygwin setup is a pain. Are you saying that the following is not correct: "Andrew DeFaria" <Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com> wrote in message news:fjd50u$sud$1 AT ger DOT gmane DOT org... > > Not sure about that but you do realize that Perl::Tk will only run with > a running X server... > . . . > As I said I don't know exactly why your Tk isn't working. I do know that > Tk under Cygwin assumes a running X server. I rarely run an X server - I > simply use rxvt instead - so I don't like that requirement. I also work > with IBM/Rational products and often need to run ccperl or cqperl - both > of which are AS based. And they have Tk in there that works straight on > Windows (like rxvt does if it senses there is no X server running - I > wish Cygwin's Perl::Tk would do that!). -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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