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From: Rolf Campbell <Endlisnis AT mailc DOT net>
Subject: Re: rxvt sets DISPLAY without X11
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 12:50:40 -0400
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Andrew DeFaria wrote:
> 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?)
> 
It does set it for me.  And it is RXVT that sets it.

RXVT:
/home/rcampbell> set | grep DISPLAY
DISPLAY=:0
/home/rcampbell>


WINNT console:
/home/rcampbell> set | grep DISPLAY
/home/rcampbell>



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