In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Benjamin
Reed) wrote:
> Ed Form wrote:
>
> > I launch Win4Lin with a desktop icon that calls 'win &' but does not
> > use a terminal window.
>
> OK, if you're telling it "don't use a terminal window", it's already
> effectively doing the & for you, so you don't need it in the
> command-line for your icon.
Aha! Didn't realise that. So the presence of the '&' in my direct call to
the program actually produces an attempt to run a program called '&'.
> ...but this...
>
> > When I issue 'win &' from an xterm the flash and redraw of the desktop
> > still occurs but there is no warning message.
> >
> > When I use only 'win' from my desktop icon I get the same result, a
> > flash and redraw of the desktop but no warning message.
>
> ...appears to be unrelated to that issue, and I'm not sure what to tell
> you. :P
It sounds as though this is just a video moiety with no significance.
First rule of computer problems. 99.999% of the evidence has nothing to do
with the case. ~(:oD)
Thanks
Ed Form
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