Re: Octave 3.6.x for windows

[marco atzeri]

On 2/4/2013 6:16 PM, marciobarbalho wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> Off-topic question:
>
> Does anyone know how to get bash to start 'startxwin' and close itself
> afterwards?
>
> I tried modifying bashrc by adding 'startxwin &' and 'exit' but it didn't
> work as expected!
>
> Many thanks
>
> Márcio

Marcio,
this are cygwin questions not octave ones,
someone at http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/ mailing list
has W8 so they can better help you.

What is the problem to use "X Win Server"  shortcut
instead of running startxwin from bash ?

Wait, W8 killed the Menu so you do not see the shortcut, correct ?

Try installing xlaunch, it does not need bash to run Xserver


Regards
Marco