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Step 1 of INSTALL.WIN32 is incorrect and makes for needless extra work #7

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
What steps will reproduce the problem?

Read INSTALL.WIN32 step 1, which states

        "Install Erlang in a directory _without spaces_ in the
        path. The default location in "C:\Program Files" won't
        work. Having a path without spaces is necessary to use erlc
        from cygwin's bash."

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

You can use Windows short paths (e.g., c:\progra~1\ instead of c:\Program
Files) - so edit your PATH environment variable so that the path to the
erlang executables looks like c:\progra~1\erl5.5.4 (or whatever) instead. 
(Ditto for any config in your .emacs)

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Latest SVN checkout (48)

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jacob...@gmail.com on 27 Dec 2007 at 8:39

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
added jacobg23's text to the readme. seemed sensible to me, and i don't know 
anyone
who uses windows.

Original comment by mats.cro...@gmail.com on 25 Jun 2008 at 6:41