RE: out of environment space

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

> > In reply to Suhaib Siddiqi's message (below):
> > 
> > I'm using 1.3.1 -- I haven't had a chance to install 1.3.2 yet.
> > 
> > Anyway, your reply brings up a question that had been 
> > puzzling me.  You
> > mention cygwin in your reply, but according to the FAQ, one runs
> > startxwin.bat from the "Windows Explorer", i.e., not under 
> > cygwin, so it
> > wouldn't matter if I had any version of cygwin on my system, which I
> > never understood.
> > 
> > So, maybe I should be running it from cygwin?  Can I run .bat files
> > under cygwin?
> > 

phew busy day at work... sorry I did not answer your all the questions.
You cannot run startxwin.bat from a bash shell, but you can use startx
script.
startxwin.bat is for DOS shell.  You can also write you own script if
you want for a bash shell.... an example of a good script is from Fabio
Somenzi
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2001-q2/msg01991.html

Suhaib



> 
> Cygwin/XFree86 is compiled using Cygwin, therefore it uses 
> Cygwin1.dll....
> therefore it matters which version of cygwin are you using :-)
> 
> 
> Suhaib
> 
> > Sorry I'm so confused.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Michael
> > 
> > > To: "'cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com'" 
> > <cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com> 
> > >      Subject: RE: out of environment space 
> > >      From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com> 
> > >      Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 15:34:59 -0400 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Which version of Cygwin are you using?  The out of env 
> > issue was fixed in
> > > Cygwin long time ago?
> > > If you are still getting it with Cygwin 1.3.2, add the 
> > following to your
> > > config.sys and reboot
> > > shell=C:\Command.com /e:4096 /p
> > > 
> > > If you a very old version of Cygwin, you must upgrade.
> > > 
> > > /B is not supported under Windows 9x/ME.  It is supported 
> > only undet NT/2000
> > > complain to Microsoft for making DOS shells options 
> > incompatible among
> > > different
> > > windows platforms
> > > 
> > > Suhaib
> > 
>