Re: problem debugging xset command inside batch script (revised)

["Larry Hall (Cygwin X)" <reply-to-list-only-lh-x at cygwin dot com>]

jjo wrote:
> Allen, Matthew <MAllen <at> utcretail.com> writes:
>
> > You should be able to simply set the DISPLAY variable and get xset to
> > work that way. The other option I'd think you should be able to do is
> > use a "-display" option to xset. But I haven't confirmed xset has it.
>
> Thanks, Allen. Indeed, xset does have a '-display' option and using it with
> 'localhost:0.0' fixed the problem with my Windows/DOS script.
>
>
> The next question is this:
>
> At the end of my script I start Mathematica on the remote computer and display
> its front end in a local X window with this command
>
>    rxvt -e ssh -Y remote_computer_name mathematica
>
> This works but leaves behind a superfluous RXVTerm that I'd rather not see.
>
> This should work without the extra RXVTerm, but doesn't
>
>    ssh -Y remote_computer_name mathematica
>
> Why?

Again, DISPLAY not set?  But your alternative will leave you with a
console window, or at least briefly.  If this is not tolerable, check
out 'run'.

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