[GRASS-windows] Re: [GRASS-user] Xming as X server for winGRASS?

[Moritz Lennert]

On 14/03/08 11:10, Luigi Ponti wrote:
> Paul Kelly wrote:
>> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Luigi Ponti wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>> This works fine in my Cygwin/grass6.2.2 installation, although the 
>>> GRASS_PNG_READ variable does not seem to be available in grass6.2 
>>> http://grass.ibiblio.org/gdp/html_grass62/pngdriver.html so the 
>>> overlay thing suggested by Paul wouldn't work.
>>
>> In that case you might be able to use the g.pnmcomp module to compose 
>> the different PNG files together into one image.
> Yes, thanks for the tip -- I didn't think about that option.
>>
>>> Trying the same with native winGRSSS 6.3.0 RC5 is less of a success: 
>>> (1) no way to set environment variables via the GUI Output - GIS.m 
>>> window; (2) not able to start GRASS via cmd.exe as suggested at
>>> http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/WinGRASS_Current_Status
>>>
>>> by typing the following at the cmd.exe prompt:
>>>
>>>   C:\grass63RC5\bin\grass63.bat -text
>>>
>>> I get the output below:
>>>
>>>   Welcome to GRASS 6.3.0RC5 (2008)
>>>
>>>   GRASS homepage:                          http://grass.itc.it/
>>>   This version running thru:               Windows Command Shell 
>>> (cmd.exe)
>>>   When ready to quit enter:                exit
>>>   Help is available with the command:      g.manual -i
>>>   See the licence terms with:              g.version -c
>>>
>>>   "cmd.exe" non è riconosciuto come comando interno o esterno,
>>>    un programma eseguibile o un file batch.
>>>
>>> (the Italian error message would sound more or less like: "cmd.exe" 
>>> is not recognized as an internal or external command, an executable 
>>> program or a batch file.)
>>
>> That's very strange. Is it possible you have accidentally modified 
>> your PATH environment variable so that it no longer contains the path 
>> to cmd.exe? What does
>> echo %PATH%
>> say? (Run straight after you get the error message above).
>>
>> Also, in case its useful information, did you compile yourself or 
>> which binary version did you use (download location?)
>>
>> Paul
> Paul:
> echo %PATH% says:
> 
>     C:\msys\1.0\bin;C:\Perl\bin;
> 
> which I have set in the grass63.bat file. 

You need to add the above paths to the PATH variable, not replace all 
the contents of that variable with the above paths, i.e.

set PATH=%PATH%;C:\msys\1.0\bin;C:\Perl\bin

not

set PATH=C:\msys\1.0\bin;C:\Perl\bin

Moritz