From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24909 invoked by alias); 21 Jan 2014 16:16:31 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 24899 invoked by uid 89); 21 Jan 2014 16:16:30 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: smtp137.ord.emailsrvr.com Received: from smtp137.ord.emailsrvr.com (HELO smtp137.ord.emailsrvr.com) (173.203.6.137) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:16:29 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp30.relay.ord1a.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 7F7C3238715; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 11:16:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp192.mex05.mlsrvr.com (unknown [184.106.31.85]) by smtp30.relay.ord1a.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTPS id 5B52523816C; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 11:16:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from ORD2MBX10A.mex05.mlsrvr.com ([fe80::2062:20ff:fe52:4153]) by ORD2HUB33.mex05.mlsrvr.com ([::1]) with mapi id 14.03.0169.001; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:16:16 -0600 From: Paul Becker To: "cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com" Subject: Xrdb 1.1.0 = 1 error in preprocessor - cygwin17 directory? Illegal control character Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:16:00 -0000 Message-ID: <01E9402441FFBB4BBEA0A82549A7D94A1F0D0A78@ORD2MBX10A.mex05.mlsrvr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-SW-Source: 2014-01/txt/msg00016.txt.bz2 I updated my Cygwin today (1.7.27-2, 32bit cygwin on Windows 7 64bit). I run the Cygwin/X Xserver 1.14.5-1 I get errors with xrdb (1.1.0), and when I go back one version of xrdb (1.= 0.9), it works fine again. And xrdb seems to think I installed Cygwin in c:\cygwin17, but my Cygwin is= installed into c:\cygwin . when I run xrdb now I get this: % xrdb.exe -load $HOME/.Xresources Can't open input file "/cygdrive/C/cygwin17/home/pbecker/.Xresources". 1 error in preprocessor. % xrdb.exe -load ~/.Xresources Can't open input file "/cygdrive/C/cygwin17/home/pbecker/.Xresources". 1 error in preprocessor. % pwd /home/pbecker % echo $HOME /home/pbecker % echo ~ /home/pbecker % cygpath -aw . C:\cygwin\home\pbecker % xrdb -load ./.Xresources /home/pbecker/.Xresources:140: warning: Illegal control character 0lx1a in = quotation XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override Shift Home: = scroll-back(2000)\n Shift End: scroll-forw(2000)\n = Shift Prior: scroll-back(1,page)\n Shift Next:= scroll-forw(1,page)\n Shift Up: scroll-back(= 1)\n Shift Down: scroll-forw(1)\n Alt Home: = scroll-back(2000)\n Alt End: scroll-forw(2000)\= n Alt Prior: scroll-back(1,page)\n Alt Next: = scroll-forw(1,page)\n Alt Up: scroll-back(1)\n Alt = Down: scroll-forw(1)\n Insert: ins= ert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0)\n Shift F12: string= ("\n~.")\n Alt F12: string("\n~.")\n F12: = string("\n~")\n % xrdb -load /cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/pbecker/.Xresources /cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/pbecker/.Xresources:140: warning: Illegal control c= haracter 0lx1a in quotation XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override Shift Home: = scroll-back(2000)\n Shift End: scroll-forw(2000)\n = Shift Prior: scroll-back(1,page)\n Shift Next:= scroll-forw(1,page)\n Shift Up: scroll-back(= 1)\n Shift Down: scroll-forw(1)\n Alt Home: = scroll-back(2000)\n Alt End: scroll-forw(2000)\= n Alt Prior: scroll-back(1,page)\n Alt Next: = scroll-forw(1,page)\n Alt Up: scroll-back(1)\n Alt = Down: scroll-forw(1)\n Insert: ins= ert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0)\n Shift F12: string= ("\n~.")\n Alt F12: string("\n~.")\n F12: = string("\n~")\n % ln -s /cygdrive/c/cygwin /cygdrive/c/cygwin17 % xrdb -load ~/.Xresources /cygdrive/C/cygwin17/home/pbecker/.Xresources:140: warning: Illegal control= character 0lx1a in quotation XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override Shift Home: = scroll-back(2000)\n Shift End: scroll-forw(2000)\n = Shift Prior: scroll-back(1,page)\n Shift Next:= scroll-forw(1,page)\n Shift Up: scroll-back(= 1)\n Shift Down: scroll-forw(1)\n Alt Home: = scroll-back(2000)\n Alt End: scroll-forw(2000)\= n Alt Prior: scroll-back(1,page)\n Alt Next: = scroll-forw(1,page)\n Alt Up: scroll-back(1)\n Alt = Down: scroll-forw(1)\n Insert: ins= ert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0)\n Shift F12: string= ("\n~.")\n Alt F12: string("\n~.")\n F12: = string("\n~")\n % xrdb -version xrdb 1.1.0 My .Xresources file has not changed in years. I do have a control-Z on line 140 in .Xresources that has never been a pro= blem before. XTerm*VT100.Translations: \ #override \ Shift Home: scroll-back(2000)\n\ Shift End: scroll-forw(2000)\n\ Shift Prior: scroll-back(1,page)\n\ Shift Next: scroll-forw(1,page)\n\ Shift Up: scroll-back(1)\n\ Shift Down: scroll-forw(1)\n\ Alt Home: scroll-back(2000)\n\ Alt End: scroll-forw(2000)\n\ Alt Prior: scroll-back(1,page)\n\ Alt Next: scroll-forw(1,page)\n\ Alt Up: scroll-back(1)\n\ Alt Down: scroll-forw(1)\n\ Insert: insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0)\n\ Shift F12: string("\n~.")\n\ Alt F12: string("\n~.")\n\ F12: string("\n~^Z")\n xrdb 1.0.9 seems to work fine for me with no output, so I went back to it a= nd all is well. (and this version of xrdb does not have a -version option) I hope I am not the only one seeing this. thank you for your time. -- Paul Becker -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/