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[Ingolf Schaefer <address@hidden>]

Dear Richard,

> [snip ...] 
>  
> It seemed to be ok BUT... when i called texmacs with 
> "texmacs &"
>  cygwin answered : 
> " fatal error : i failed to connect to Xserver in
> 'x_gui_rep::x_gui_rep' "

This is a actuall great, because it means you have got a fully working
TeXmacs. You just have to start X11 before running TeXmacs.

As said in the web page be sure that you have done each step of the
following:

  *  Launch Cygwin from your desktop using the link. 
      * In the Cygwin window, launch the X server using XWin& and the
        window manager using fvwm2&. 
      * In the X window, try launching an Xterm using the popup menu
        when pressing the right-hand button. 

Enter the command "texmacs" in this new Window labelled Xterm. Then
everything should work as promised. I think you missed the last two
steps and entered "texmacs" directly in the first window.

Yours,

Ingolf 
> :(((
>  
> Maybe texmacs(cygwin) is too difficult for me... I am desapointed...
>  
>  
> Thank you,
>  
> Richard
>  
>  
> ..
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----E-mail d'origine-----
> De : Khadga Karki <address@hidden>
> A : address@hidden
> Envoyé le : Jeudi, 15 Avril 2010 14:59
> Sujet : Re: Re : : [TeXmacs] Problem with my new installation
> 
> Did you also install all the programs mentioned in the point 3 in 
>  
> http://www.texmacs.org/tmweb/download/cygwin.en.html 
>  
> It seems you are missing libgmp. 
>  
> First install all the packages mentioned in the web-page above. If
> doing that does not work 
> then install 
>  
> libgmp3-dev 
> and give a try. I think you are running into these problems because
> you just did a minimal installation of cygwin rather than the complete
> installation. Now you know how to install packages in cygwin, follow
> the step 3 in the webpage. 
>  
> Best, 
>  
> address@hidden wrote: 
> > Thank you Khadga, 
> > > the link you gave me 
> > > http://www.eecg.utoronto.ca/~aamodt/ece242/cygwin.html >
> <http://www.eecg.utoronto.ca/%7Eaamodt/ece242/cygwin.html> > > is
> useful to make easily the needed installation (in this site they >
> talk about gcc, gbd and make, so i have installed all of three). 
> > > Then, ./configure gave me a new error message : << ... cannot find
> > guile-config, is Guile installed ? >> 
> > > So i went back to the cygwin installation and i found (in the long
> > list called "DEVEL" where i found "gcc") a tool called GUILE. 
> > I have installed it. After that, the command 
> > > ./configure 
> > > worked. :)))) 
> > > So i type the command 
> > > make 
> > > and i got a new error message... 
> > 
> > :((((( 
> > > I have attached the picture of the cygwin screen. Maybe someone
> can > help me... 
> > 
> > Thank you ! 
> > > Richard 
> > -----E-mail d'origine----- 
> > De : Khadga Karki <address@hidden> 
> > A : address@hidden 
> > Envoyé le : Jeudi, 15 Avril 2010 11:28 
> > Sujet : Re: Re : [TeXmacs] Problem with my new installation 
> > 
> > The problem probably is not with your windows setting for cygwin.
> You > cannot compile texmacs from source without an acceptable C
> compiler in > cygwin. Perhaps you should fix that problem first. > >
> Try installing gcc as shown in this web page: >
> http://www.eecg.utoronto.ca/~aamodt/ece242/cygwin.html >
> <http://www.eecg.utoronto.ca/%7Eaamodt/ece242/cygwin.html> > > Best >
> > address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden> wrote: > > > >
> Thank you Kadga and Alfe. > > > Installing gcc seems to be difficult.
> So before i do it i have to > tell > you something. When i have
> installed cygwin (following > >
> http://www.texmacs.org/tmweb/download/cygwin.en.html) i didn't execute
> > > the operation #5 below > > > 5. Put c:\cygwin at the start of the
> PATH environment variable and > > 127.0.0.1:0.0 for DISPLAY in the
> menu *Start->Control > > Panel->System->Advanced->Environment
> variables*. > > > Actually i don't know what it means... It may be the
> cause of my > > compilation problem... I work in french, so i am not
> sure what > > "Control Panel" is. I don't find "System"... > > > I
> used to work with WinTeXmacs but i wanted to install the "cygwin > >
> TeXmacs" in my new computer to have the recent version of TeXmacs... >
> > It seems to be difficult... If #5 does not have to see with my gcc >
> > problem i will try to install gcc (even if i am quite afraid with
> it)... > > > Thank you > > > Richard > > checking for gcc... no >
> checking for cc... no > checking for > cl.exe... no > configure:
> error: in 'cygdrive/c/tmp/TeXmacs-1.0.7-src' > : > configure: error:
> no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH > > > > > > > -----E-mail
> d'origine----- > > De : Alfe <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden>> > > A : address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden> > > Envoyé le : Mercredi, 14 Avril
> 2010 23:00 > > Sujet : Re: [TeXmacs] Problem with my new installation
> > > > > Hi Richard, > > TeXmacs is made for Unix-like systems;
> therefore, to > get it running on > Windows systems, we have to
> install cygwin which > is a kind of a > Unix-Emulation for Windows.
> This is the reason why > the error messages > you get are not typical
> Windows-style but rather > Unix style. In detail: > > >
> address@hidden > <mailto:address@hidden>
> <mailto:address@hidden > <mailto:address@hidden?>>
> wrote: > >> I have just installed > cygwin. And it seems to work. > >>
> Then i have loaded > TeXmacs-1.0.7-src from the GNU Website. I saved >
> it in > >> > cygdrive/c/tmp/ > >> >> The operation > >> >> tar -zxvf >
> TeXmacs-1.0;7-src.tar.gz > >> >> worked : it made a lot of files >
> (flooding the cygwin window). > >> >> Then i type > >> >> cd >
> TeXmacs-1.0.7-src > >> >> and it works : we are now in >
> cygdrive/c/tmp/TeXmacs-1.0.7-src, > and i >> type > >> >> ./configure
> > > > ./configure tries to prepare the build scripts to the helpers
> you > have > installed. Several helpers are needed to build TeXmacs,
> most > > prominently a compiler, but it does not have to be one
> specific; it > > can be one of several. The ./configure tries to find
> out which helpers > > are installed and prepares the build scripts so
> that they will deal > > with the installed helpers. > > >> and here is
> the result : > >> << > > >> checking build system type...
> i686-pc-cygwin > >> checking host > system type... i686-pc-cygwin > >
> Just informational output: Your > system is a "Unix" of type >
> i686-pc-cygwin ;-) > > >> checking for > gcc... no > >> checking for
> cc... no > >> checking for cl.exe... no > > >> configure: error: in
> 'cygdrive/c/tmp/TeXmacs-1.0.7-src' : > >> > configure: error: no
> acceptable C compiler found in $PATH > > No such > helper found (in
> this case the C compiler): This is a reason > for > ./configure to
> abort. The mentioned $PATH is what Windows users > call > %PATH%; this
> is a list of directories in which executables are > > searched for by
> the system. In the cygwin window you can type 'echo > > $PATH' to find
> out what yours is set to (but this won't help you). > > > But anyway,
> in none of these directories is a compiler ./configure can > > handle,
> so as > Khadga Karki wrote: > > Try installing gcc first. > > > Do
> that. Try ./configure again then. See what helper is missing > next. >
> Come back here if you have no clue ;-) Good luck. > > Alfe > 
> > 
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