INSTALL.WIN32

Distel is compatible with Win32 (tested on 2000 and XP) with Cygwin,
but the installation procedure is more laborious. These instructions
are sufficient but not necessarily optimal - if you know a better way,
please send a note to the mailing list
(distel-hackers@lists.sourceforge.net).

Step 1: Some random windows hacker admonishes us:
        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.

        But to the rescue jacobg23! (http://code.google.com/u/jacobg23):
        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)

Step 2: Edit your PATH environment variable via the System control
        panel: remove the quotes from the path to the Erlang
        installation.

Step 3: Do a "make".

Step 4: We must now update the ~/.erlang and ~/.emacs files to load
        Distel. However, Erlang and Emacs don't use the same algorithm
        to find the home directory: Emacs uses the %HOME% environment
        variable, and Erlang uses %HOMEDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH%. Both default
        to C:\ (as far as I know..)

        After figuring out or setting these paths, edit your .erlang
        to include (substitute real path):

          code:add_pathz("c:/jungerl/lib/distel/ebin").

        And update your ~/.emacs to contain:

          (add-to-list 'load-path "c:/jungerl/lib/distel/elisp")
          (require 'distel)
          (distel-setup)

Distel should now work correctly. If you have problems, please send a
note to the mailing list.