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Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 11:52:58 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Peshansky <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Oliver Vecernik <spam AT vecernik DOT at>
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Subject: Re: tetex/texdoc
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On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Oliver Vecernik wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've installed:
>
> tetex-base           3.0.0-3
> tetex-bin            3.0.0-3
> tetex-doc            3.0.0-3
> tetex-extra          3.0.0-3
> tetex-x11            3.0.0-3
>
> Trying to read the docs fails:
>
> $ texdoc web2c
> Unable to start 'C:\cygwin\usr\share\texmf\doc\programs\web2c.dvi':
> There is no application associated with the given file name extension.
>
> but:
>
> $ xdvi /usr/share/texmf/doc/programs/web2c.dvi &
>
> works just fine.
>
> $ uname -a
> CYGWIN_NT-5.1 t636 1.5.18(0.132/4/2) 2005-07-02 20:30 i686 unknown unknown Cygwin
>
> How can I correct that?

Unset TEXDOCVIEW_dvi in your environment (and TEXDOCVIEW_txt, while you're
at it).  The default in texdoc is to start xdvi for .dvi files.
HTH,
	Igor
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