X-Recipient:	archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-Spam-Check-By:	sourceware.org
From:	"Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
To:	<cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References:	<01ed01c8d45b$58705b50$0401a8c0 AT SYS3>
Subject:	RE: Running fontforge.exe does nothing
Date:	Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:06:02 +0100
Message-ID:	<00b601c8d468$b97551a0$2708a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
MIME-Version:	1.0
X-Mailer:	Microsoft Office Outlook 11
In-Reply-To:	<01ed01c8d45b$58705b50$0401a8c0@SYS3>
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id:	<cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Unsubscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

David Spector wrote on 22 June 2008 12:30:

> I installed the latest fontforge, following the
> official instructions.
> 
> When I run fontforge in the X window, nothing happens.
> www.springtimesoftware.com/ff-screen01.JPG shows this.
> As you can see, there is no error message. 

  This is the typical symptom of a program that is missing a DLL it needs
under Cygwin.  If you run "cygcheck fontforge.exe", it'll tell you what
fontforge needs and if any are missing.


    cheers,
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/

- Raw text -