Date:	Sun, 24 Nov 1996 12:03:30 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT crl DOT com>
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: emacs
In-Reply-To:	<01bbd90a$206dfcc0$010200c0@weiqigao>
Message-Id:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.961124120139.28870L-100000@is>
Mime-Version:	1.0

On 23 Nov 1996, Weiqi Gao wrote:

> I downloaded the latest emacs binaries and installed it on my Windows 95
> machine.  I'm having trouble starting it from within bash.  I DID preserve
> the long file names when unzipping it.  I also have set +LFN=y in djgpp.env
> .  It works in the DOS box, but not inside bash.  It will show an error
> message "emacs: Cannot open termcap database file." and exit.

Does `bash' define an environment variable called `TERM'?  If so, you 
should edit your DJGPP.ENV file, add an [emacs] section, and write there 
like so:

	[emacs]
	TERM=internal

This should solve your problem.

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