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Docu fixes


Hello,

thanks everybody for this wonderful new toy. Everything works fine for me,
but I encountered a couple of minor bugs/omissions in the docs, and here they are. 

I'm running 4.1.0 on Win98 and am looking at the FAQ at http://xfree86.cygwin.com/faq.html,
the user's guide at http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/howto/cygwin-xfree-ug.html and 
the README at ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/cygwin/xfree/Readme

* The "out of environment space" fix with 
       shell=C:\command.com /e:4096 /p
   should be mentioned in the installation section of the User's guide.

* The download list in the user manual should list the doc and man packages as optional.

* The XWin man page does not explain the syntax of the -screen option correctly: we need
   -screen number WidthxHeightxColordepth. It's correct in the user's guide.

* The "invalid switch - /B" issue in startxwin.bat should  be mentioned somewhere (Win 98 doesn't
   allow that switch). Workaround: either remove /B and live with lots of window clutter, or
   edit starxwin.sh and start your X server with a batch file containing the line
       bash \cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\starxwin.sh
   and add \cygwin\bin and \cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin to your PATH variable in autoexec.bat 

* Installation and use of vtwm should be explained somewhere.

* starxwin.sh shouldn't use vtwm by default.

* Chapter 3 of the user's manual should make clear that you have to edit the XWin line in the 
   startxwin.bat script. The alternative starxwin.sh should be mentioned.

* If startxwin.bat gives an error message (for instance because of a faulty -screen option to XWin),
   the error message and options scroll by too rapidly and there is no way to retrieve them. Some
  workaround should be explained.

* Most horrible of all: xeyes seems to be broken.


Again, thank you all very much for your hard work.

Cheers,
  Axel 


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