[IPython-dev] Problems with installation on Windows/Cygwin

[Andrew Malcolmson]

A couple of installation problems on Windows 2k using the latest cvs and
Python 2.3 rc2:

I've environment variables defined in Windows
HOME=d:\andmalc\
HOMEDRIVE=E:
HOMEPATH='\'

Under Cygwin, $HOME translates to
HOME=/home/andmalc/

Problem #1 Installing under regular Windows works fine though, contrary 
to the docs, $HOME is ignored and the .ipython dir is installed to the 
root of $HOMEDRIVE.  I had to set IPYTHONDIR to my $HOME\.ipython to get 
Ipython look for the settings.

Problem #2 Installing from Cygwin zsh, the installation script fails 
trying to use the following path to make the $HOME/.ipython dir:

/home/andmalc/d:\andmalc\.ipython\

Looks like it's using a path made from Cygwin/$HOME + Windows\HOME


Thanks