Mail Archives: cygwin/2008/03/13/09:09:30
Eric Blake wrote:
> Why execute bash, just to exec urxvt, which in turn executes another
> instance of bash? Why not just put urxvt as the shortcut target
> instead, using ~/.Xdefaults to control everything rather than needing
> bash to set it up?
Eric,
For the sake of completeness the 'start_urxvt.sh' (located in
/usr/local/bin) is
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#!/bin/bash
export DISPLAY=:0
export XAPPLRESDIR=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults
export XCMSDB=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Xcms.txt
export XKEYSYMDB=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB
export XNLSPATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale
start_XWin()
{
# Cleanup from last run.
rm -rf /tmp/.X11-unix
XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error +bs &
}
/usr/bin/checkX || start_XWin
exec /usr/bin/urxvt
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and the link on the desktop is:
C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe bash --login -c start_urxvt.sh
The problem I have tried to solve is:
How to start an urxvt console [1] from a link on desktop, starting also
the X server if it is not running.
So what would be the best manner (including sourcing ~/.bash* so that
the prompt, aliases etc. are OK)? What do you suggest?
Perhaps the best thing is to add the solution to the Cygwin FAQ/HowTo.
In any case your detailed explanation is better than an high level lesson!
Many thanks,
Angelo.
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[1] More generally, the problem to solve is: How to start an X
application (Emacs, XFig,...) and/or the X server (if it is not running)
with a link on desktop.
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Facesti come quei che va di notte,
che porta il lume dietro e se' non giova,
ma dopo se' fa le persone dotte.
.
DANTE, Purgatorio, xxii 67-69
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