Re: Running custom cygwin apps from Matlab for windows

OK, matlab for windows has several for executing windows commands, the simplest to discuss is system(string) This will pass the contents of the string to windows as a command to execute. The string could look like 'C:\cygwin\bin\bash --login -c custom-command' which will log into a cygwi

Re: Stable and Unstable Install Trees

Thanks to those who replied with info on how to use search tools not on the cygwin.com website. The most definitive thread on multiple cygwin installations at www.cygwin.com/ml appears to be http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-11/msg00065.html A related web page is found at http://www.ti

Stable and Unstable Install Trees

Has anyone experimented with methods for creating more than one useable installation of cygwin on a single workstation? I'm thinking of one install tree that is regarded as stable or production; another as unstable, where software development is happening. Sorry if this has been discussed befor

gv and ghostscript-x11 broken out of the box

Hi, I'm using gv to view postscript files, but it is broken following a clean install. It works after some hand configuration, but that shouldn't be necessary. First off, the installation of ghostscript-x11 should probably uninstall ghostscript, otherwise the version of gs picked up by gv will