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List:       cygwin-xfree
Subject:    Re: Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2
From:       "Yaakov (Cygwin/X)" <yselkowitz () users ! sourceforge ! net>
Date:       2009-12-29 23:08:08
Message-ID: 4B3A8BD8.3030903 () users ! sourceforge ! net
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On 29/12/2009 16:15, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> Should we use "run" to launch startxwin.exe, or is it OK to just
> create a shortcut to startxwin.exe?

In general, you should be using run.exe in Windows shortcuts.  The Start 
Menu shortcut created during postinstall goes a step further, running:

\path\to\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startxwin.exe

IOW startxwin is launched from within a login shell so that it knows 
where to find HOME (for .startxwinrc) and so that clients launched 
thereby inherit a complete user environment.


Yaakov
Cygwin/X

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