Copy, rename, or what "gcc-4" to "gcc"

Sorry if this has been asked and answered already, but I couldn't find it in the FAQ or archives. Especially with the announced "end-of-life" for gcc V3, I was trying to make certain that I was using gcc V4. When I did a complete re-install of Cygwin and selected ONLY the gcc4 packages (core, C c

A personal "getting started" document

I am not certain if this is an appropriate email for this list, but I think it probably is. (If not, I am certain someone will let me know ) I recently installed and started (trying to) use Cygwin. I did this, NOT because I am someone who is used to or even knows UNIX or Linux, but rather because

Can't find "show-paren-mode" under XEmacs

I am new to Cygwin and XEmacs, but when I installed XEmacs and tried using several features that I found documented, several places say that they can't find show-paren-mode (or that the function is "void"). I have searched online thinking (in my non-Lisp, non-XEmacs way), that there may be a s

Get bad results when running ./ncurses from rxvt

I have tried reinstalling the ncurses and the rxvt (with and without "enhanced Unicode) features and am still having problems. When I go to the /usr/share/libs/ncurses/test directory under by "normal" bash shell and enter ./ncurses everything looks good. However, when I try this under the rxvt

RE: New Cygwin install and "configure: command not found" installing other packages

> From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com > [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Sjors Gielen > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 11:21 AM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: New Cygwin install and "configure: command not > found" installing other packages > That's because when you type 'confi

RE: New Cygwin install and "configure: command not found" installing other packages

> From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com > [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Thorsten Kampe > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 10:59 AM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: New Cygwin install and "configure: command not > found" installing other packages > &

New Cygwin install and "configure: command not found" installing other packages

I am new and know that I have done something wrong, but haven't been able to find the solution in the FAQ or archives. when I type .\configure I am getting the configure: command not found message. However, if I type sh .\configure it works fine. This happens when trying to install seve