error message at startup of xfig

[Pierre A. Humblet]

Hello,        [please cc: me, I am not subscribed]

I am getting complaints of from users of the pre-compiled xfig
about app-defaults not being found.
The list contains mails about this issue, e.g.
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2002-07/msg00537.html  
but I don't get the big picture.

It used to be that /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults was a link
to /etc/X11/app-defaults
Looking at it now after a recent install of X11 I see:

/usr/X11R6/lib/X11> ls -ld app-defaults*  
drwxrwxrwx    2 PHumblet Domain U        0 Jul  1 17:33 app-defaults/
drwxrwxrwx    2 PHumblet Domain U        0 Jul  1 17:33 app-defaults/

!!! This is explained by:

 Directory of E:\usr\X11R6\lib\X11
07/01/02  05:33p        <DIR>          app-defaults
07/17/01  02:26p                   148 app-defaults.lnk  (to E:\etc\X11\app-defaults)

and

/usr/X11R6/lib/X11> ls -ld app-defaults*/*
-rwxrwxrwx    1 PHumblet Domain U     8779 May 10 21:57 app-defaults/Mwm*
-rwxrwxrwx    1 PHumblet Domain U     8779 May 10 21:57 app-defaults/Mwm*
lrwxrwxrwx    1 PHumblet Domain U      124 Jul  1 17:33 app-defaults/app-defaults ->
/etc/X11/app-defaults/
lrwxrwxrwx    1 PHumblet Domain U      124 Jul  1 17:33 app-defaults/app-defaults ->
/etc/X11/app-defaults/

So,
- what's the best way to come out of this mess? Is it a good idea to follow
     http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2002-07/msg00537.html
- should I provide a new version of the precompiled xfig using a new
     directory structure?

Thanks.

Pierre
 
Jorgen Johansson wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Thank  you for providing binaries of Xfig for cygwin. I installed and it
> seem to run ok. (First time I use Xfig. Wanted to make some figures to
> include in my latex files.)
> 
> I get the following error message when starting xfig:
>     Either you have a very old app-defaults file installed (Fig),
>     or there is none installed at all.
>     You should install the correct version or you may lose some features.
>     This may be done with "make install" in the xfig source directory.
> 
> I followed your instructions and changed  ~/.bash_rc ~/.Xdefaults;
> /etc/X11/app-defaults/Fig .
> 
> I set the path to acroread and mozilla (instead of  IE).
> When I try to open the help PDF file from the help menu. Acroread starts
> but it can not open the file. It seem that Xfig does not see the Fig
> file and hence do not apply the 'cygpath' command.
> 
> What may be the error. I am running CYGWIN_NT-5.0 WAVE 1.3.12(0.54/3/2)
> 2002-07-03 16:42 i686 unknown. Xfree86 4.2.0
> 
> thanks
> jorgen