On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 18:25:54 -0800, Clarence Verge wrote:
> Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>> The attached file _should_ clear things-up (a little bit anyway)<g>
>> (report created by WATCH.EXE)
>> ---snip
>> $4B Exec program C:\XPDFDOS\CWSDPMI.EXE
>> $4B Exec program \CWSDPMI.EXE
>> $4B Exec program C:\1BATCH\CWSDPMI.EXE
>> $4B Exec program C:\1COMMON\CWSDPMI.EXE
> You are right, it clears it up - but ONLY a little.
> You had posted that it still worked after you changed your path
> to EXCLUDE cwsdpmi.exe.
> ??
The answer to your "??" is simple.
When I removed c:\1common from my path,
Niether c:\1common\dos4gw.exe nor c:\1common\cwsdpmi.exe could be found
by pdftotex.exe when it asked for it.
But, on that first test I was not yet thinking about cwsdpmi.exe
I was testing for wheather or not dos4gw.exe was required.
So, since I ran that first test of pdftotex.exe/dos4wg.exe from within
Arachne....... L:\arachne\cwsdpmi.exe _was_ found.
Yep, I forgot that I also had a copy of it in the Arachne directory.
> And anyway, the obscure point I've been trying to make is, some stuff works
> for some people because they accidentally have the support crap that the
> author forgot to mention was required. (Or in some cases, maybe the author
> doesn't KNOW his program won't run on EVERBODYs hardrive.)
Correct. The programmer might have also forgotten about the fact that
cwsdpmi.exe was in the path or the current directory.(like I did)<g>
Hey, I've gotten so used to pressing X<enter> to run Xtree-pro....
I find myself doing it while in Arachne.
(and of coarse I end-up at http://arachne.cz/ )
Now, if we could just find a PDF to text converter that doesn't
require 386+
Or does someone know of a DPMI that will work on less than a 386 ???
--
Glenn McCorkle [EMAIL PROTECTED] North Jackson, Ohio, USA
DOS prog. for QV cameras http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/qvplay.html
Other stuff http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
Arachne, The Web Browser for DOS
Open the 'DOOR' to the WWW. Keep the 'windows' closed.
http://arachne.browser.org/ http://arachne.cz/
