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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!).





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