On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 14:11, Mike McCarty wrote: > > Actually both of those are very desirable things to have > > available. The Cygwin X environment has been built > > Hmm, looks like it is used to connect as an X client. > Might be pretty restricted. I'm downloading it now, though. Technically it is an X server (the concepts are backwards in that a server serves a display and keyboard and a client is a program using them), but calling it X terminal software might make more sense. However it does contain bash (I dug up a copy) and leaves you at a bash prompt to ssh off to other hosts to start programs. You can probably copy the 'run' batch file and edit it to just set the paths and open the bash window without starting X. Hmmm.. I'm surprised that it doesn't have a way to start in 'X -query host' mode for a full desktop XDCMP login. That should work just as easily and sometimes is what you want to do. The -multiwindow mode that it starts lets single window apps mingle with MS windows and is also a handy thing to have, though. You can run nautilus if you want something that looks like the desktop without menus or task bars. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
