AW: possible to run XWin as windows service?

2012-07-28 Thread Paul Maier
I would like to start XWin automatically on Windows startup (Windows user login). I couldn't find any hint in the manual. Is it possible to run (and automatically start) XWin as windows service? Possible? Yes. [...] Running it from the Startup program group is the correct

typo in man xterm

2012-07-28 Thread Paul Maier
Hi, the word not should be added to this description: man xterm [...] +maximized This option indicates that xterm should ask the window manager to maximize its layout on startup. It should read: ... should *not* ask the window manager ... Regards, Paul --

Re: typo in man xterm

2012-07-28 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 02:24:52PM +0200, Paul Maier wrote: Hi, the word not should be added to this description: man xterm [...] +maximized This option indicates that xterm should ask the window manager to maximize its layout on startup. It should

xterm -si doesn't hold the line

2012-07-28 Thread Paul Maier
Hi, xterm -si doesn't work as expected. To reproduce (think of a tail -f instead of xev): 1. xterm -si -e /bin/xev 2. move the mouse in the xev window to produce some lines 3. scroll the xterm up half way and remember the visible lines 4. while looking at the xterm, again move the mouse in the

Re: AW: possible to run XWin as windows service?

2012-07-28 Thread Eliot Moss
On 7/28/2012 8:15 AM, Paul Maier wrote: Can you recommend me how to start the X Server without getting a task bar entry? The cygwin program run.exe is designed to do just that. It's what I use for this purpose :-) ... Eliot Moss -- Unsubscribe info:

AW: typo in man xterm

2012-07-28 Thread Paul Maier
Hi, the word not should be added to this description: man xterm [...] +maximized This option indicates that xterm should ask the window manager to maximize its layout on startup. It should read: ... should *not* ask the window manager ...

AW: AW: possible to run XWin as windows service?

2012-07-28 Thread Paul Maier
The cygwin program run.exe is designed to do just that. It's what I use for this purpose :-) ... Hi Eliot, thank you for your input. 8-) I was using run.exe too. run.exe used to hide the window and the task bar entry. But since my upgrade from Cygwin 1.7.9 to 1.7.15, run.exe only hides

Re: AW: typo in man xterm

2012-07-28 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 02:57:35PM +0200, Paul Maier wrote: Hi, the word not should be added to this description: man xterm [...] +maximized This option indicates that xterm should ask the window manager to maximize its layout on

Re: xterm -si doesn't hold the line

2012-07-28 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 02:49:22PM +0200, Paul Maier wrote: Hi, xterm -si doesn't work as expected. The short answer is that it's always been that way :-) This refers to the scrollTtyOutput, which in xterm is described: scrollTtyOutput (class ScrollCond) Specifies

Re: AW: possible to run XWin as windows service?

2012-07-28 Thread Eliot Moss
On 7/28/2012 8:57 AM, Eliot Moss wrote: On 7/28/2012 8:15 AM, Paul Maier wrote: Can you recommend me how to start the X Server without getting a task bar entry? The cygwin program run.exe is designed to do just that. It's what I use for this purpose :-) ... ... and I just tried it in the

Re: AW: AW: possible to run XWin as windows service?

2012-07-28 Thread Eliot Moss
On 7/28/2012 9:08 AM, Paul Maier wrote: The cygwin program run.exe is designed to do just that. It's what I use for this purpose :-) ... I was using run.exe too. run.exe used to hide the window and the task bar entry. But since my upgrade from Cygwin 1.7.9 to 1.7.15, run.exe only hides the