Running maxima/texmacs under cygwin



Billinghurst, David (CALCRTS) ?????:
> I am trying to run maxima through texmacs under cygwin.
>  - I have compiled a maxima-cvs using clisp-2.28 under cygwin. It works well.
>  - I have compiled texmacs-1.0.1.28 under cygwin-1.5.3.  It works (slowly).
> 
> To get it to work I neded to run "updatedb" after installing texmacs.
> (Don't know why).
> 
> When I try to open a maxima process in texmacs I get
> 
> ######################################################################
> $ texmacs
> locate: /usr/var/locatedb: No such file or directory
> 
> TeXmacs] Loading ecrm11 at 300 dpi
> TeXmacs] Loading hyphen.us
> TeXmacs] Loading ecrm10 at 600 dpi
> TeXmacs] Loading ectt11 at 300 dpi
> TeXmacs] Starting session 'default'
> TeXmacs] Launching 'tm_maxima'
> TeXmacs] Loading ectt10 at 600 dpi
> TeXmacs] Loading cmr10 at 600 dpi
> 
> Fatal error: bad url in 'complete'
> See file   : url.cpp
> 
> Some deprecated features have been used.  Set the environment
> variable GUILE_WARN_DEPRECATED to "detailed" and rerun the
> program to get more information.  Set it to "no" to suppress
> this message.
> ######################################################################
> 
> This is fixed if I run "updatedb".  I get a working maxima shell under
> texmacs.
> 

Probably this is TeXmacs bug.  I observe exactly the same problem
with TeXmacs 1.0.1.21 under Linux.  TeXmacs 1.0.1 is OK.

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