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Date:  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:09:59 -0700
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Taras D wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Can anyone tell me why the following has occurred.
> 
> When I first installed cygwin, I pretty much just installed xemacs (no
> emacs and a whole bunch of other stuff). Xemacs could be started from
> the bash script (black background) with the command 'xemacs &'. It
> would start in a new window with a white background.
> 
> Now that I have installed a whole bunch of other cygwin things:
> 
> 1) I find I need to run startxwin.sh, then type 'xemacs &' in the
> shell with a white background (no longer runs from the black
> background)
> 2) xemacs now starts with a grey bacground (?!)
> 
> How come this has changed? Is it a different version of xemacs?
> 
> Thanks all

xemacs has three modes:
  DISPLAY variable set : use X windows
  xemacs -nw : don't use windows (use term/console)
  xemacs <no DISPLAY or -nw> : use MS windows


Cary



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