I launch a cygwin command window running the bash shell. From there, I run "startxwin.sh." Yes, this is a X11 launcher, but please bear with me. I think this is a core cygwin issue, not a cygwin/X11 issue.
As a result of executing startwin.sh, an xterm window appears. It also runs the bash shell. Now I have two windows showing: the original cygwin command window, and an xterm window.
If I type control-c into the original cygwin command window, then the xterm window gets the interrupt, along with the original cygwin command window. Programs running in both windows get terminated.
I looked into startxwin.sh. The way this shell launches xterm is xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l &
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