Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 01:25:12PM -0600, Brian Ford wrote: > >On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> I believe that Brian Ford is looking into modifying the new CW_SETUP_WINENV > >> code to perform the proper conversion of POSIX style to

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

On 8-Feb-2006 18:54, Michael Schaap wrote: > winpathlist = (char *) > malloc(cygwin_posix_to_win32_path_list_buf_size(val)); To correct myself before anyone else does so: This needs a " + 1", of course. :-[ - Michael -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwi

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

On 8-Feb-2006 18:49, Michael Schaap wrote: > On 8-Feb-2006 16:41, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 01:25:12PM -0600, Brian Ford wrote: >> >> >>> On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> >>> >>> I believe that Brian Ford is looking into modi

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

On 8-Feb-2006 16:41, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 01:25:12PM -0600, Brian Ford wrote: > >> On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> >> >>> I believe that Brian Ford is looking into modifying the new CW_SETUP_WINENV >>> code to perform the proper conversion of

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 01:25:12PM -0600, Brian Ford wrote: >On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> I believe that Brian Ford is looking into modifying the new CW_SETUP_WINENV >> code to perform the proper conversion of POSIX style to Windows style. > >We're still debating aproaches for

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote: > I believe that Brian Ford is looking into modifying the new CW_SETUP_WINENV > code to perform the proper conversion of POSIX style to Windows style. We're still debating aproaches for solving our problem, so it is possible I won't get to it. If som

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 06:59:43PM +0100, Michael Schaap wrote: >On 7-Feb-2006 3:31, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 11:40:22PM +0100, Michael Schaap wrote: >> >>> What we basically need to do, is copy the Cygwin environment to the >>> Windows environment, taking care o

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

On 7-Feb-2006 3:31, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: > On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 11:40:22PM +0100, Michael Schaap wrote: > >> What we basically need to do, is copy the Cygwin environment to the >> Windows environment, taking care of path conversion for all the >> appropriate variables. >> > > M

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

On 2/3/06, Igor Peshansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, David Picton wrote: > > > I have encountered a strange bug when starting Microsoft Word when it is > > started by the cygstart command, e.g. "cygstart Index.doc", with the > > current version of the Cygwin dll. > > > > The s

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 11:40:22PM +0100, Michael Schaap wrote: > What we basically need to do, is copy the Cygwin environment to the > Windows environment, taking care of path conversion for all the > appropriate variables. Maybe start with: http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-patches/2005-q4/msg000

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

On 6-Feb-2006 22:29, David Picton wrote: > On 2/3/06, Igor Peshansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Sounds like an instance of >> ... Does it work if >> you "cygstart cmd" and then start word from that cmd shell? If you get >> the same sympto

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

On 2/3/06, Igor Peshansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, David Picton wrote: > > > I have encountered a strange bug when starting Microsoft Word when it is > > started by the cygstart command, e.g. "cygstart Index.doc", with the > > current version of the Cygwin dll. > > > > The s

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, David Picton wrote: > I have encountered a strange bug when starting Microsoft Word when it is > started by the cygstart command, e.g. "cygstart Index.doc", with the > current version of the Cygwin dll. > > The symptoms are as follows: > > 1. Word appears to start normally, an

strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

I have encountered a strange bug when starting Microsoft Word when it is started by the cygstart command, e.g. "cygstart Index.doc", with the current version of the Cygwin dll. The symptoms are as follows: 1. Word appears to start normally, and the file can be edited on screen. 2. However, whe