On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 9:29 AM, Jon Turney <jon.tur...@dronecode.org.uk> wrote: > On 01/11/2017 21:57, David Karr wrote: >> >> On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Ken Brown <kbr...@cornell.edu> wrote: >>> >>> On 11/1/2017 1:08 PM, David Karr wrote: >>>> >>>> I install Cygwin every couple of years and then use it continuously >>>> without updates between those installations. I installed it on a new >>>> laptop today, and I'm trying to work through issues. >>>> >>>> The current issue is running Emacs from the desktop. >>>> >>>> I had a shortcut working for a long time that does the following: >>>> ------------- >>>> C:\cygwin64\bin\run2.exe --display 127.0.0.1:0.0 >>>> /usr/local/bin/emacs.xml >>>> ------------- > > > Just '--display :0.0' is probably better, as it won't stop working when the > Xserver is run without '-listen tcp'...
Sounds like a good idea, but I noticed that this change produces a very odd side effect, and I've verified that going back makes it not happen. I've tested going back and forth multiple times, with repeatable results. Normally, when I start emacs, the window appears in a particular location, and with a particular height (and width, but I don't set that). I believe this is configured by the following lines in my .emacs file: ----------------- (set-frame-position (selected-frame) 0 0) (set-frame-height (selected-frame) 60) ----------------- Setting the frame height to 60 results in a window that spans most of the vertical space of my desktop. Curiously, when I remove the "127.0.0.1" from the "display" option, emacs starts up in the same location, but with about 2/3 of the expected window height. The window is easily expandable, but I'd rather it be the height that I have configured initially. Frankly, I find it hard to believe what I'm seeing, but I've gone back and forth multiple times, and it's completely repeatable. Could this be caused by something odd in my X resources tree? >>>> The "run2" application doesn't appear to exist. I checked my notes, >>>> and I can't tell whether I installed this from somewhere else the last >>>> time I did this. >>> >>> >>> Just install the run2 package. It's still available. >> >> >> Ok. I find the search facility in setup somewhat confusing. I >> couldn't find it before. I found it now, and I've installed it. > > > You can also search using e.g. > https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=run2.exe&arch=x86_64 > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
