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Re: multiwindow X11 and Emacs
Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu> writes:
> I can't reproduce this on my system. I'm running 64-bit Windows 7,
> emacs-24.2-1, the latest Cygwin snapshot (2012-08-27), and the test
> version of the X server (1.13.0-1). Here's what I tried:
Same setup as mine except 32-bit Win7/Enterprise.
> 1. Start mintty from the "Cygwin Terminal" shortcut.
>
> 2. $ startxwin
>
> 3. [still in the mintty window] $ DISPLAY=:0 emacs -Q&
I've tested this both with bash and tcsh, BTW since tcsh's signal handling is
apparently different from bash.
> 4. In the resulting emacs window, C-z.
>
> 5. Left click on the emacs icon to de-iconify emacs.
>
> The cursor blinks and emacs responds to keyboard input.
This is what doesn't work here. That is when I start the X server from another
mintty than the one that the X server is started from or when the shell is tcsh.
So if I extend your case with:
6. Start another mintty
7. DISPLAY=:0 emacs -Q&
8. In the resulting emacs window, C-z.
9. Left click on the emacs icon to de-iconify emacs.
The cursor doesn't blink and emacs doesn't respond to keyboard input.
What do you get?
> P.S. Shouldn't this discussion be taking place on the cygwin-xfree list?
I thought about it, but I suspect that signal handling is involved and hence
cygwin1.dll. Within the X server itself there seems to be no problem but maybe
I didn't try the correct sequence of events yet.
Regards,
Achim.
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