[Hugs-bugs] Winhugs startup error

Ross Paterson ross at soi.city.ac.uk
Tue Jan 27 00:14:14 EST 2004


On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 08:45:23AM -0800, Jim Kerr wrote:
>   I just installed Hugs from the file hugs98-Nov2003-1.msi. The installation
> seemed to go just fine, and I can start the command-line version of Hugs
> without any problem. If I try to run winhugs, however, this error message
> appears in the main window:
> 
> 	ERROR - a closing quote, '"', was expected
> 
> . and an error dialog appears with this message:
> 
> 	FATAL ERROR: Unable to load Prelude
> 
>   I have attached a screenshot of this info in case that's any help.

This bug is known, but sadly a fix must wait for the next release.
The Hugs download page now mentions this and a workaround (thanks for
the picture).


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