Re: Wish/tcltk & DISPLAY is not set

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

On 09/29/2009 09:02 AM, FyD wrote:
> Alberto,
>
> > > When I execute "wish" under cygwin (wish test.tcl), I get the following
> > > error message:
> > >
> > > /usr/bin/xterm: DISPLAY is not set
> > >
> > > I think this problem has been reported in 2006 @
> > > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-02/msg00090.html
> > > &
> > > http://www.mail-archive.com/cygwin@cygwin.com/msg65756.html
> > >
> > > I checked my tcltk version in my cygwin install:
> > > it is tcltk/tcltk-20080420-1
> > >
> > > Does it mean that this problem reported in 2006 was not corrected in
> > > the 2008 version ? or do I miss something ?
>
>
> > Do you have the X server running?
>
> Yes, I obviously started the X server of Cygwin (- using startxwin.sh)

So you either:

  A. Didn't set DISPLAY appropriately in the shell you're starting 'wish' from.
  B. Didn't start 'wish' from the 'xterm' that gets started with 
'startxwin.sh'.

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A: Yes.
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>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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