Re: [Axiom-developer] AXIOM for Windows: )copyright and )summary issue

[William Sit]

This is a known bug. "cat" is a unix command like "type" in DOS. But "cat" is
normally not installed in Windows machines. If you install some unix tools for
Windows, including "cat", then there will be no such display problems.  I have
"cat" in my cygwin installation and once put into the path, that works.
Unfortunately the dos command type does not understand unix path convention --
otherwise, creating a cat.bat file with one line

type %1

and putting it into your path would have worked.

You need three files cat.exe, cygwin1.dll, cygintl-1.dll and put these in your
path.
I will send these to you separately.

William

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(1) -> )copyright

J:\OpenAxiom\axiom\mnt\windows\lib>typeJ:/OpenAxiom/axiom/mnt/windows/lib/copyright
The syntax of the command is incorrect.
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I am sending you a cat.exe (but I do not know if it works independently,
usually, it does).


Vladimir Bondarenko wrote:
> 
> Hi *,
> 
> What I see about )copyright and )summary under Windows XP...
> I reinstalled AXIOM, rebooted... all the same.
> 
> Any comment on this behavior?
> 
> ..................................................................
> 
>                         AXIOM Computer Algebra System
>               Version of Tuesday November 30, 2004 at 21:11:14
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    Issue )copyright to view copyright notices.
>    Issue )summary for a summary of useful system commands.
>    Issue )quit to leave AXIOM and return to shell.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> -> )copyright
> 
> "cat" íå ÿâëÿåòñÿ âíóòðåííåé èëè âíåøíåé
> êîìàíäîé, èñïîëíÿåìîé ïðîãðàììîé èëè ïàêåòíûì ôàéëîì.
> 
> -- "cat" is not an internal or external command, executable or a batch file
> 
> -> )summary
> "cat" íå ÿâëÿåòñÿ âíóòðåííåé èëè âíåøíåé
> êîìàíäîé, èñïîëíÿåìîé ïðîãðàììîé èëè ïàêåòíûì ôàéëîì.
> 
> -- "cat" is not an internal or external command, executable or a batch file
> 
> -- however, )quit works
> 
> -> )quit
>    Please enter y or yes if you really want to leave the interactive
>       environment and return to the operating system:
> 
> ..................................................................
> 
> Best,
> 
> Vladimir
> 
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