RE: xterm

2007-08-31 Thread Ronald Fischer
> Cole Radcliffe wrote: > > When I try to run "xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l" from the > cygwin shell I > > get an error that says "xterm Xt error: "Can't open > display" "DISPLAY > > is not set" > > > Make sure the X server is running first (run 'startxwin'). This might not sufficient - at least

Re: xterm

2007-08-31 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
Ronald Fischer wrote: Cole Radcliffe wrote: When I try to run "xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l" from the cygwin shell I get an error that says "xterm Xt error: "Can't open display" "DISPLAY is not set" Make sure the X server is running first (run 'startxwin'). This might not sufficient - at le

Re: xterm

2007-08-31 Thread Mark J. Reed
>> Make sure the X server is running first (run 'startxwin'). > > > > This might not sufficient - at least it is not in my system: > > Even when you start the X server (in my case in multiwindow > > mode), but then try to start xterm from a CMD Cygwin shell > > (such as from the shell you get when

Re: emacs does not work, emacs-nox works

2007-08-31 Thread Fredrik Staxeng
"Larry Hall (Cygwin X)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Fredrik Staxeng wrote: >> Xwin works, xterm works, but when I try to run emacs it just silently exits. > >Run 'cygcheck emacs' and see if it reports any missing DLLs. If so, find >this missing package(s) you need to install via 'cygcheck -p nam

Re: emacs does not work, emacs-nox works

2007-08-31 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
Fredrik Staxeng wrote: "Larry Hall (Cygwin X)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Fredrik Staxeng wrote: Xwin works, xterm works, but when I try to run emacs it just silently exits. Run 'cygcheck emacs' and see if it reports any missing DLLs. If so, find this missing package(s) you need to install

Re: xterm

2007-08-31 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
Mark J. Reed wrote: >> Make sure the X server is running first (run 'startxwin'). This might not sufficient - at least it is not in my system: Even when you start the X server (in my case in multiwindow mode), but then try to start xterm from a CMD Cygwin shell (such as from the shell you get w

Changing the font size

2007-08-31 Thread Cole Radcliffe
I tried to change the font size with the option "-fs" after the xterm command however xterm did not recognize that option even though it appeared in "man xterm". I am guessing that it was just not compiled into the cygwin version of xterm. Is there any other way to accomplish this. I could just set