Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20011108121150.02248ac8@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 12:15:31 -0500 To: , From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: Two newbie problems. In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 12:07 PM 11/8/2001, James Matthews wrote: >Hi there, > >I'm an absolute newbie to this, so please bear with me if I do/say something >stupid. :) I've just downloaded and installed Cygwin (everything) and >installed it. The first program I tried to run was "vim" and I got the >following error: > >The VIM.EXE file is >linked to missing export CYGINTL.DLL:bind_textdomain_codeset. These two FAQ entries apply here: What packages should I download? http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC13 What if setup fails? http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC15 >Any ideas? > >The other problem is that when I start Cygwin, I'm listed as "James >Matthews AT OEMCOMPUTER" now I've heard that spaces in the username cause >problems so I altered "etc/profile" to read: > >USER="jmatthews" > >NOT: > >USER="`id -un`" > >..but when I restarted Cygwin, I was still listed as "James Matthews...". >Any ideas there? You'll find information about this issue and possible resolutions in the email archives. Good luck, Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/