[GRASS-dev] mysys startup for win grass fails

[Glynn Clements]

Michael Barton wrote:

> 4 different people here have downloaded the new wingrass installer. For
> all of them, the mysys startup did not work. It flashes a couple of
> terminal-like screens and exits.

Does this patch help:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/download.php?group_id=2435&atid=102435&file_id=256586&aid=1840961

?

FWIW, I can start GRASS with the MSys installation directory renamed
to "c:\m sys" (this is using cmd.exe, not MSys/rxvt).

Scripts don't work; I suspect that the _spawnlp() in g.parser may
require quoting (or switching to G_spawn(), or supporting something
like the -s switch).

BTW, regarding gui/tcltk/gis.m/gis.m.bat:

	@start "%GRASS_WISH%" "%GISBASE%/etc/gm/gm.tcl

1. the final double-quote is missing.

2. "start" seems to treat a quoted first argument as the title, so
this may need to be e.g.

	@start "gis.m" "%GRASS_WISH%" "%GISBASE%/etc/gm/gm.tcl"

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>