Gap Forum:
Dmitrii Pasechnik wrote:
>
> Dear GAP Forum,
>
> On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Steve Linton wrote:
>
> >A number of users have reported problems using GAP4 under non-English language
> >versions of Windows 95 and 98. The main problem is that the caret (^) key does
> >not work, but other similar problems have been reported.
> >
> IMHO, this can possibly
> be cured by installing English NLS (Native Language Support,
> comes with your Windoze distribution) and running GAP when the computer
> is in English mode (there is a small indicator on the RHS of the
> toolbar that shows which language you're using).
>
Thanks, Dmitrii and Steve.
>From your msgs I could finally get the keys to work correctly for GAP
from my windoze 95. I had NLS allready installed, but did not explored
this option further because I was having no success trying to switch
into English after or while launching the DOS box, even with English as
the default language option in the Keyboard Control Panel. After reading
what Dmitrii wrote I went back to Keyboard Control Panel and twinked a
little, activating the shortcut language switch to ALT+SHIFT. With the
language switching from control keys, I was able to launch the DOS box
in English mode and the keys finally worked correctly wirhin GAP.
Other alternative might be installing Cygwin and running GAP in a
Cygwin bash window (or even installing X and running GAP in an xterm)In fact, GAP compiles from the source
and runs seamlessly on an NT 4.0 with the current
Cygwin (version 20.1) installed.
I'd suggest that this is (be) mentioned in INSTALL.WIN file that
comes with documentation.
Exec() and Process() work, as well, contrary to what is said in
INSTALL.WIN. (maybe it is not so on Win9*, I cannot test this myself).
I'd be glad answering further queries reagarding this.If it is possible for you, we recommend installing Linux, and running GAP
under Linux. We develop mainly under Linux and GAP works well there, but we
recognise that this is not possible for all users. We hear reports of versions
of Linux ("winlinux") that run "on top" of a Windows installation without
requiring repartitioning, but I know nothing about these.
[snip]
I have just recently installed Linux in another partition of the HD in
the same machine, but I'm having problems with the modem drive for it. I
plan to install GAP for Linux there as soon as I have to, for instance,
when I come into need of using the Monoid shared package for GAP.
However, I wanted to have GAP installed in both S.O.s, for this may be
useful while testing, during the development of new programs for GAP.
Thx!
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