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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-9 (major changes to multiwindow session)
- From: Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2015 11:50:12 -0500
- Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-9 (major changes to multiwindow session)
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On Wed, 2015-07-08 at 00:14 -0600, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> The answers to these two questions may be, "It's the way it's always
> been...." but I just wanted to check:
>
> 1. After starting the X server, is it normal for the xinit.exe
> process to still be running as shown in Windows Task Manager? I am
> using the XDG menu, and ran startxwin with the -notrayicon option.
> The xinit.exe process does go away after exiting the X server.
Yes, since 1.3.4-1 (last November) startxwin behaves very much like
startx.
> 2. After starting the X server, is it normal for a bash shell to be
> running, even if there are no running xterms? The bash shell does go
> away after exiting the X xserver.
If you're using the XWin Server shortcut, yes.
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Yaakov
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