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Re: xdvi in cygwin??
- From: Igor Peshansky <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:50:38 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: xdvi in cygwin??
- References: <dqimnn$3ru$1@sea.gmane.org>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
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On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Paminu wrote:
> How do I get xdvi to work in cygwin? Its installed but I get this error
> when I run it from a shell:
>
> Error: Can't open display.
xdvi is an X application. You need a running X server to be able to
display it. If you want a non-X dvi viewer, use yap from MiKTeX.
> If I doubleclick "xdvi-xaw.bin.exe" in : C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
>
> I get the error:
>
> This program could not be startet because cygkpathsea-4.dll not was found.
>
> If I try to start xfig I get the same message but just with "Cygwin1.dll"
> instead.
>
> Hope someone can help!
Cygwin/X programs need to be invoked from an environment with a properly
set up PATH (e.g., a bash shell). You can also add the Cygwin /bin
directory to your system PATH.
HTH,
Igor
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