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On 9/12/2012 9:50 AM, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu> writes:
>
>> I can't reproduce this on my system.  I'm running 64-bit Windows 7,
>> emacs-24.2-1, the latest Cygwin snapshot (2012-08-27), and the test
>> version of the X server (1.13.0-1).  Here's what I tried:
>
> Same setup as mine except 32-bit Win7/Enterprise.
>
>> 1. Start mintty from the "Cygwin Terminal" shortcut.
>>
>> 2. $ startxwin
>>
>> 3. [still in the mintty window] $ DISPLAY=:0 emacs -Q&
>
> I've tested this both with bash and tcsh, BTW since tcsh's signal handling is
> apparently different from bash.
>
>> 4. In the resulting emacs window, C-z.
>>
>> 5. Left click on the emacs icon to de-iconify emacs.
>>
>> The cursor blinks and emacs responds to keyboard input.
>
> This is what doesn't work here.  That is when I start the X server from another
> mintty than the one that the X server is started from or when the shell is tcsh.
>   So if I extend your case with:
>
> 6. Start another mintty
>
> 7. DISPLAY=:0 emacs -Q&
>
> 8. In the resulting emacs window, C-z.
>
> 9. Left click on the emacs icon to de-iconify emacs.
>
> The cursor doesn't blink and emacs doesn't respond to keyboard input.
>
> What do you get?

Still no problem.  I'm using only bash, not tcsh.  But I gather that 
you're having problems with both.

I wonder why your results are so different from mine.  Do you have 
something in your .startxwinrc that could be interfering?  I moved my 
.startxwinrc out of the way before testing.

Ken


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