Re: How to print textfiles in Cygwin 1.7?

2010-01-12 Thread rmpbklyn
try using pdf creator and make it shared, then you can use it have you tested printing a plain text from command shell eg my.txt lpt1 or the like Niklaus Kuehnis wrote: Hi, I've upgraded to Cygwin 1.7 (release version, clean install) and now am unable to print text files with non-ascii

Re: The need for cygwin

2010-01-07 Thread rmpbklyn
i have been using it since 2006,and have found it useful I have also used dual boot with linux, but after a while got bored, since after tinkering with the codes and themes, etc, always went back to windows for work or school. the installing is so easy and saves so much time. tired of getting

Re: I donwload all X11 packages, it still not can not startx

2010-01-04 Thread rmpbklyn
1) to isolate where the error comes from, manually start xwin try the following : a) open the bash shell, if not sure check the properties of the shortcut that on desktop or cygwin folder in start menu execute the bash.exe from windows explorer as with any program exe file b) type '

Re: chmod in cygwin

2010-01-04 Thread rmpbklyn
have you used chmod before or is it your first time? this is determine what type of answer to post give a screenshot link to further describe Linda Armelle Nzumotcha Tchoumkam wrote: I am a new user of cygwin in windows xp. I want to run an executable program connected to cygwin. I