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From: "Cary Jamison" <Cary_Jamison AT Symantec DOT com>
Subject:  Re: Recent problem with Cygwin and Xemacs
Date:  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:12:44 -0700
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Paul Mallas wrote:
> A recent upgrade seems have broken xemacs on my Cygwin system.
>
> I was running xemacs version 21.4.19-1 with no problem.  Every version
> since that release (21.4.19-2, 21.4.19-3, and 21.4.20-2) tells me "X
> server not responding" when I try to start xemacs. I usually just
> reinstall 21.4.19-1 and things work fine again.  However, now I cannot
> go back to 21.4.19-1, at least not through the standard setup.exe
> since I can't reinstall a version several releases ago.
>
> So, I have decided to face the "X server not responding" error and I
> have come up empty handed thus far. Any ideas?

I haven't tried with the latest version, but...

xemacs -nw   starts xemacs in the current terminal window
xemacs       without $DISPLAY set starts a new Windows window
xemacs       with $DISPLAY set starts a new X window


Cary




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