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From: Andrew DeFaria <Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com>
Subject: Re: rxvt sets DISPLAY without X11
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 08:57:26 -0700
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Hans Werner Strube wrote:

> If rxvt is used from the login shell outside X11, without XWin running 
> and /tmp/.X11-unix/ empty, it nevertheless sets DISPLAY to ':0'. This 
> even happens if rxvt is started directly from a Windows shortcut:
> C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -e /bin/bash --login Does this have a special 
> meaning or is it a bug?

rxvt does not set DISPLAY for me. You must be setting it somewhere else 
(Windows environment variables perhaps?)



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