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RE: setting default font path
- To: "'Brian Michael Genisio'" <genisiob at pilot dot msu dot edu>
- Subject: RE: setting default font path
- From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 10:53:44 -0400
- Cc: "'cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com'" <cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com>
> The solution I came up with involved running a script from
> bash. So, my batch
> file now includes only the following lines :
> mkdir \tmp
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I do not think you need this? once you created /tmp
directory,
as long as you do not delete it, you do not have to run mkdir everytime you
start
Xserver.... beside for a basj shell, should it not be mkdir /tmp.
Suhaib
> bash.exe startx_script
>
> The startx script then uses path names appropriately, and it
> all works. So, I
> packaged the files together (Xwin.exe, bash.exe fvwm.exe,
> fonts, dlls, etc),
> and copied only what I need to annother machine with Cygwin
> NOT installed.
> Viola!!!! It worked.
>
> Thanks for the pointer,
> Brian
>