XFree86-start-menu-icons path problem

2003-08-14 Thread Dr.D.J.Picton
I went into the start menu, clicked Programs/Cygwin-XFree86/editors/emacs. No response. (I had started the X11 server!) So I looked at the properties of the emacs shortcut, and simulated the operation in a command window: cd c:\CYGWIN\bin c\:\CYGWIN\usr\X11R6\bin\run.exe emacs This failed to

Re: XFree86-start-menu-icons path problem

2003-08-14 Thread Brian E. Gallew
Dr.D.J.Picton wrote: A similar change to the system path enabled the start menu icons to work. But is it a recommended practice to include Cygwin directories in the standard system path? (It makes it easier to launch Cygwin applications from a Windows environment, but I'm worried about potential

Re: XFree86-start-menu-icons path problem

2003-08-14 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Brian, I trust that you will figure out what to do here. I don't have a lot of time right now, so let me know what you come up with :) Harold Brian E. Gallew wrote: Dr.D.J.Picton wrote: A similar change to the system path enabled the start menu icons to work. But is it a recommended