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Hello!

I've just managed to get TeXmacs to work and since it took some time
and effort I decided to write down instructions. These are general
instructions, so you will probably find them anoyingly verbose...

/Jonas


Getting TeXmacs to work with Cygwin required som tinkering... Here is
how I did it. These instructions are quite verbose; they don't assume
much unix experience.

1) Install Cygwin with "setup.exe"

Appart from the default packages, make sure to install the following
extra packages. (They will install more packages that they need) I
haven't managed to get texmacs working with the Cygwin package of
Guile so i compiled guile my self. 

Required extra packages:

  gcc
  make
  tetex
  tetex-devel
  texmf
  XFree86-base
  XFree86-prog

Sugested extra packages: (install these if you have enough space)

  ghostscript-X11            required for print preview
  openbox OR WindowMaker     frendlier window manager


2) Get the Guile and TeXmacs source

Place them in the '/usr/src' directory. This will be the windows
directory 'C:\cygwin\usr\src' if you didn't change the default install
directory.

Unpack them there:
Start cygwin and give these commands:

  cd /usr/src
  tar -zxf <name>

Where <name> is the name of the file

Do this for both files. This will create two source directorys one for
TeXmacs and one for for Guile. I used guile-1.4.1, but other versions
might work too.


3) Compile Guile

Change to the guile source directory created in step 2 (using the 'cd'
command.)
Give these commands:

  ./configure --disable-shared
  make
  make install


4) Adapt the TeXmacs installation files:

Find the file named 'makefile' in the subdirectory 'src' of the
TeXmacs source directory created in step 2. (Probable location:
'C:\cygwin\usr\src\TexMacs-1.0.0.18-src\src\makefile')

locate the line:
  link_options:=-L $(tmsrc)/lib -lm $(LDBPATH) $(LDBXWINDOW)...
         $(LDBGUILE) $(LDBDL)
change it to:
  link_options:=-L $(tmsrc)/lib -lm $(LDBPATH) $(LDBXWINDOW)...
         $(LDBGUILE) -lltdl $(LDBDL)
(Note: these are one line each, and the three dots arn't there)


5) Compile TeXmacs

In cygwin consol change to the TeXmacs source directory created in
step 2.

In the cygwin window type these commands:

  ./configure
  make STATIC_TEXMACS
  make install


6) Run TeXmacs

First an environment variable need to be set. Locate the path that
guile got installed to. For me it's '/usr/local/share/guile/1.4.1' but
that will change with the guile version.

add the line (modified acording to your guile path):

  export GUILE_LOAD_PATH=/usr/local/share/guile/1.4.1

to the file '/etc/profile' (C:\cygwin\etc\profile)

In the cygwin window type:

  startx

Start TeXmacs by typing 'texmacs' in any of the windows appearing.


7) Finishing touches

Unless you have a a US keyboard you will nead a keyboard mapping file
for your keyboard layout. I found the one I use (swedish/finnish) on
the page http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~goal/

The file is a text-file that should be named '.xmodmap', rename it to
that if it's called something else (This won't work in Windows, use
the cygwin command mv instead... like 'mv <old_name> .xmodmap') The
file should be placed in your cygwin home directory, located
under '/usr/home' (C:\cygwin\usr\home)

/Jonas Lööf