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Xrdb 1.1.0 = 1 error in preprocessor - cygwin17 directory? Illegal control character
- From: Paul Becker <pbecker at unidesk dot com>
- To: "cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:16:15 +0000
- Subject: Xrdb 1.1.0 = 1 error in preprocessor - cygwin17 directory? Illegal control character
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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 <Key>Home: scroll-back(2000)\n Shift <Key>End: scroll-forw(2000)\n Shift <Key>Prior: scroll-back(1,page)\n Shift <Key>Next: scroll-forw(1,page)\n Shift <Key>Up: scroll-back(1)\n Shift <Key>Down: scroll-forw(1)\n Alt <Key>Home: scroll-back(2000)\n Alt <Key>End: scroll-forw(2000)\n Alt <Key>Prior: scroll-back(1,page)\n Alt <Key>Next: scroll-forw(1,page)\n Alt <Key>Up: scroll-back(1)\n Alt <Key>Down: scroll-forw(1)\n <Key>Insert: insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0)\n Shift <Key>F12: string("\n~.")\n Alt <Key>F12: string("\n~.")\n <Key>F12: string("\n~")\n
% xrdb -load /cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/pbecker/.Xresources
/cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/pbecker/.Xresources:140: warning: Illegal control character 0lx1a in quotation
XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override Shift <Key>Home: scroll-back(2000)\n Shift <Key>End: scroll-forw(2000)\n Shift <Key>Prior: scroll-back(1,page)\n Shift <Key>Next: scroll-forw(1,page)\n Shift <Key>Up: scroll-back(1)\n Shift <Key>Down: scroll-forw(1)\n Alt <Key>Home: scroll-back(2000)\n Alt <Key>End: scroll-forw(2000)\n Alt <Key>Prior: scroll-back(1,page)\n Alt <Key>Next: scroll-forw(1,page)\n Alt <Key>Up: scroll-back(1)\n Alt <Key>Down: scroll-forw(1)\n <Key>Insert: insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0)\n Shift <Key>F12: string("\n~.")\n Alt <Key>F12: string("\n~.")\n <Key>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 <Key>Home: scroll-back(2000)\n Shift <Key>End: scroll-forw(2000)\n Shift <Key>Prior: scroll-back(1,page)\n Shift <Key>Next: scroll-forw(1,page)\n Shift <Key>Up: scroll-back(1)\n Shift <Key>Down: scroll-forw(1)\n Alt <Key>Home: scroll-back(2000)\n Alt <Key>End: scroll-forw(2000)\n Alt <Key>Prior: scroll-back(1,page)\n Alt <Key>Next: scroll-forw(1,page)\n Alt <Key>Up: scroll-back(1)\n Alt <Key>Down: scroll-forw(1)\n <Key>Insert: insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0)\n Shift <Key>F12: string("\n~.")\n Alt <Key>F12: string("\n~.")\n <Key>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 problem before.
XTerm*VT100.Translations: \
#override \
Shift <Key>Home: scroll-back(2000)\n\
Shift <Key>End: scroll-forw(2000)\n\
Shift <Key>Prior: scroll-back(1,page)\n\
Shift <Key>Next: scroll-forw(1,page)\n\
Shift <Key>Up: scroll-back(1)\n\
Shift <Key>Down: scroll-forw(1)\n\
Alt <Key>Home: scroll-back(2000)\n\
Alt <Key>End: scroll-forw(2000)\n\
Alt <Key>Prior: scroll-back(1,page)\n\
Alt <Key>Next: scroll-forw(1,page)\n\
Alt <Key>Up: scroll-back(1)\n\
Alt <Key>Down: scroll-forw(1)\n\
<Key>Insert: insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0)\n\
Shift <Key>F12: string("\n~.")\n\
Alt <Key>F12: string("\n~.")\n\
<Key>F12: string("\n~^Z")\n
xrdb 1.0.9 seems to work fine for me with no output, so I went back to it and 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.
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Paul Becker
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