Frank, There is information in the Cygwin/XFree86 User's Guide that describes your different options for starting Cygwin/XFree86:
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html#using-starting Window resizing and scrollbars are both controlled by the X ``window manager''. You are looking for something that we are all always looking for, the unobtainable ``better window manager''. However, there are several other options for a window manager that you can try out without much work. Just rerun Cygwin's setup.exe and look under the XFree86 category --- there are a few window managers listed there (MWM is in the Lesstif package, openbox, window-maker, etc.). You can edit startxwin.bat (which is, by the way, the recommended way to start Cygwin/XFree86) and replace the line that starts ``twm'' with one of the others that you have installed, e.g., ``mwm''. Each window manager has its own quirks and bugs (some of them don't work correctly when the NumLock key is on, etc.). Choosing a window manager is a highly personal thing so that is about all the help that I can give you. I am sure that others will chime in with links to their favorite WMs now. :) Harold Lane, Frank L wrote: > Hello again, > > I'm managing to take a couple of steps a day. One thing I stumbled across > the other day is the startx command. I use this to work. I've noticed that > my windows are not resizable and do not have scrollbars. Is there a better > way to kickoff X? > > Second question, as I'm interested in learning everything I can about X, I'm > trying to write some beginner programs. When I compile using gcc I get a > message about unresolved calls to _XSimpleWindow and some other functions. > I've tried including -L/usr/X11R6/bin/libX11.dll but that doesn't help. Any > suggestions? Is there anyway I can see if the function xsimplewindow is in > the libX11.dll or what files exist in what dll's? > > Thanks, > Frank
