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Re: Wish/tcltk & DISPLAY is not set


On 09/29/2009 03:07 PM, FyD wrote:
Quoting "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin period com>:
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<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>  Thanks.


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So I should miss something because I think what I did is correct ;-)

- I start cygwin using the icon from the Windows 7 desktop
(bash shell is used; full cygwin install was carried out)

- in my .bashrc I do have:
export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0

This is not required and, in the case of X forwarding using ssh (and perhaps other cases), this would not be what you want.

- the command "echo $DISPLAY" gives in this black terminal:
127.0.0.1:0.0

- I execute startxwin.sh in this black terminal

- from the new xterm opened (white), I execute "wish tmp.tcl"
I get:
/usr/bin/xterm Xt error: Can't open display:
/usr/bin/xterm: DISPLAY is not set

Where is the problem ?

Sorry, I'm not a tcltk expert. My guess is it has to do with the fact that Cygwin's tcltk isn't X-based. As a result, it may be X-challenged.

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