winclient from xemacs 21.4.17-1 says "Could not start process"

Tue Aug 23 18:59:00 GMT 2005

>>>>> Sujay Parekh writes:

 > Hello,
 > When I try to run winclient, I get a Windows message box saying "Could
 > not start process".
 > I'm using the xemacs 21.4.17-1 package that is available via the cygwin
 > installer.
 > The error occurs whether I try to run it from a DOS prompt, from a Bash
 > prompt or directly from Windows Explorer.
 > gnuclient works fine (once I have my Xemacs up & running), but I have
 > used winclient before (on another PC) and found it more useful.
It looks like you are using the native variant of xemacs. I only use the
X variant and so I had no need for winclient.
 > Has anyone seen this? Any ideas? Please help. Thanks in advance.
Looking at the source, /usr/src/xemacs-21.4.17/lib-src/winclient.c, line
56 says:
#define PROGRAM_TO_RUN "xemacs.exe"
But there is no xemacs.exe in the distro, it's called xemacs-21.4.17.exe. 
I'll try and patch the source for the next release, but it's not
guaranteed that the resulting executable will really work.
If you are in a hurry and cannot wait for the next release try building
xemacs by yourself and report back to the list.
Ciao
 Volker
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