o add latest version of cygwin is

o correct the way $HOME should be setup for Windows enviroment
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Joseph Lee 2004-02-06 02:04:55 +00:00
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Building libpandadx requires this step (needs DX7 headers/libs)
Step 3: Install Cygwin (v1.3.5 or above should work)
- Latest version currently is 1.5.7-1 (Jan 31 2004)
- As of 1.3.11, cygwin seems stable enough to install from the internet,
go to http://cygwin.com and click on the "install cygwin now" link.
The most reliable download server is http://mirrors.rcn.net. Make
@ -258,16 +259,16 @@ Step 3.5: Set up the Cygwin environment:
Step 4: Create your home directory
- Create a HOME directory:
> mkdir /usr/<yourname>
or
> mkdir /home/<yourname>
or
> mkdir /usr/<yourname>
- Set the $HOME environment variable in the Registry:
- You must be logged into your computer on an account with Administrator access
- Select "Start Menu->Control Panel"
- Select "System" icon.
- Select "Advanced->Environment" button.
- Create the variable "HOME" with the value "/usr/<yourname>".
- Create the variable "HOME" with the value "c:\cygwin\<HOME directory>".
- click ok - ok - ok to exit (you must exit for the change to take effect)
- Now open a new shell so the registry is read by the shell to get the changes.
Note: We've seen a problem where we can't source ~/.cshrc if the home