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RE: newbie run-time error with win95 |
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Tue, 28 Apr 1998 12:25:41 -0700 |
Tim,
Please read this reply that I received from someone not so long ago when I
had the same problem.
Let me know how it goes...
-Bruce
Hi Bruce,
If you only knew how many errors I went through, you saw less than 1/2 of
my emails. I vaguely remember the one you are talking about, but it's
easier to just tell you what works.
1.) Don't try to install on anything but drive C:, it;'s just not worth
the hassle.
Both Cygnus and emacs really don't like it any where else.
On drive C:
(I suggest that you uninstall both Cygnus and swarm compleatly
and start from scratch. Even after I had the correct emacs installation,
until I compleatly uninstalled, I couldn't get it to work.)
1.) Let Cygnus install itself.
2.) Install Swarm into C:\Swarm
3.) Change Makefile.config so the default setup is SFI-NT (instead of
SFI.)
4.) For your own sanity, find the flags line in the SFI-NT that has
W -error and remove error. (otherwise, any warning causes a fail.)
5.) Start the bash window using swarm.exe.
6.) Compile swarm. It should work.
I tried to install on a neutral drive so I could use both '95 and NT and
it
was a nightmare. Cygnuus and emacs are both VERY path sensitive, just
to get Cygnus to run any commands becides PWD and CD you have to remount.
Also, Marcus and I discovered that Windows/Tk has some window resizing
probs.
There is now a fix for that. If you find that it's a problem for you, ask
Marcus.
(I have it but it's probably better if I leave distrubution to SFI.)
Also, if you
decide (like I did) that you are not happy with a bash window that doesn't
have a scroll bar, I can tell you haow to install EMACS and execute the
bash shell from inside it. (Boy do I know a lot more than I used to!)
Let me know how it goes. If you have more problems, send more details
and I'll try to help :-)
Cheers,
D3
Bruce Macdonald wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>
> You do not know me. I got your email off of an archive at the Santafe
> Swarm site regarding a bug that I think you might hold an answer to:
> What did you do to solve your "assertion "cstring" failed: file
> string.m, line 65" failure when trying to execute the bugs swarm
> executable?
> My platform in Win/95. I am using the cyywin32 gnu Beta-19 version.
> I cannot get any of the .exe's to execute.
> I would appreciate it.
>
> Bruce Macdonald
> Encanto Networks
> Santa Clara Ca
> 408-919-9538
> address@hidden
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> From: address@hidden [SMTP:address@hidden
> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 8:18 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: newbie run-time error with win95
>
> I've successfully compiled swarm-1.1, hello world and heatbugs - at least
> I
> couldn't find any compile error messages and exe's were created. When I
> try
> to run hello world or heatbugs I get the following message:
> assertion "cstring" failed: file "String.m", line 65.
> Since everything compiled, my assumption is this is due to a path
> statement;
> however my UNIX is rusty and my Objective C non-existant, so... any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
> Tim Van Roekel
>
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