• Blu-ray burner
• 2 TB internal storage
• 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s
• 4 x USB 3.0
• 4 GB RAM
• biggest, fastest multi-core processor I can afford

I don’t give a damn whether it comes with Windows or not. If it does, then it had better be Windows 7, not Vista!

So in episode 1 there’s this box that falls on the floor and flies open. Whatever is contained in the box is covered by a blocky moire effect, implying something was censored from the video.

So what is in the box? Like most questions worth asking, I’m not the first to ask this one. Let’s see what we can dig up with a little research.

• Found out what the Censored part is!
• Onegai Teacher thread at AnimeSuki

It seems the moire is supposed to be a kind of joke on us. Apparently there is no uncensored version because we are supposed to use our imaginations and draw our own conclusion about the contents of the box.

2/3 c. Hersheys cocoa
3 c. sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c. milk
1/4 c. butter
1 tsp. vanilla

Thoroughly combine dry ingredients in a heavy 4 quart saucepan; stir in milk. Bring to a bubbly boil on medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil without stirring to 234 degrees soft ball stage. Bulb of candy thermometer should not rest on bottom of saucepan. Remove from heat add butter and vanilla. Do not stir. Cool at room temperature to 110 degrees. Beat until fudge thickens and loses some of its gloss. Quickly spread in a lightly buttered 8 or 9 inch square pan. Cool. 3 dozen squares.

Now that you’ve been gone for quite some time I can think more objectively about the situation. Thinking about how you must feel about things leaves me feeling very unhappy, and regretful. Still, I can’t help but think that there is an order to things which isn’t easily defied. I can live with the idea that you’re happier doing the things you want to do in the way you want to do them. I don’t think I could live knowing that you hated yourself because you loved me too much.

Blah, blah, blah. Meaningless words streaming through my head like morning dew on a spiders web. The sound of all the doors closing behind me is deafening.

GNU Wget page

MinGW SourceForge page

UNIX / Linux Tutorial for Beginners

Down the Port

Download the Current Release of the Wget port, version 1.9.1 as of this post, from the link below:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435&package_id=233332

Create the directory C:\MSYS\1.0\src and save the downloaded file to that path.

Note: If your MSYS is not installed on the standard path of C:\MSYS then you’ll have to adjust the paths to match your installation.

Preparation

Start MSYS and then change to the /usr/src directory:

cd /usr/src

Extract the port, then change to the wget-1.9.1/mingwport directory:

tar xvjf wget-1.9.1-mingwPORT.tar.bz2
cd wget-1.9.1/mingwport


Copy the wget.exe file to the /tmp directory:

cp -p wget.exe /tmp/

Note: The port is a shell script that will download, configure, and make the Wget source automatically, after we answer a few prompts.

Compiling Wget

Execute the port script:

./mingwPORT.sh

We will accept the default response to every prompt. Press the enter key in response to the prompt to accept the default.

After pressing enter at the CFLAGS prompt the interactive stage ends and the script goes into fully automated operation.

Note: You may need to unblock wget if the Windows Firewall asks, although I didn’t.

Note: During the build process a great deal of text is output to the MSYS console, which you may need to refer back to if any errors occur.

Last Steps

Now install the Info pages for Wget:

install-info wget.info dir

You’re done.

HOWTO_Install_the_MinGW(GCC)_Compiler_Suite (Read keith’s comment on concatenation of info/dir files.)

Invoking install-info (GNU Texinfo 4.12 manual page)

Installing Info Files

Start MSYS using the shortcut on the Windows desktop or All Programs menu. You’ll have to exit MSYS at the end of this procedure.

cd /mingw/info
for file in *.info; do install-info $file dir; done
echo export INFOPATH=/mingw/info >> ~/.profile
exit


Note: The info pages will be made available after you exit and restart MSYS.

I want to install MinGW and MSYS on my computer so I can compile some open source programs. I have only a small amount of experience with Unix from school, and my time with Kubuntu to rely on. It should be a fun learning experience, but setting up a build environment with MinGW / MSYS is quite complicated.

I’m not taking anything away from the MinGW guys, because the work they do is very hard, and greatly beneficial to those who use open source software on Windows. Even so, I feel it necessary to blog about this, if only as a record of my attempts for my own future reference. Please don’t assume anything I post about MinGW / MSYS is authoritative, or necessarily even correct. If you want to know the truth, try downloading MinGW / MSYS and working with it on your own.

Relevant Links

http://www.mingw.org (Home page of MinGW and MSYS)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw (Project page of MinGW and MSYS on Sourceforge)

http://www.vim.org (Vim home online)

http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/Tutor/vi.html (“Mastering the VI editor”: University of Hawai`i, College of Engineering, Computer Facility)

http://gcc.gnu.org (Home page of the GNU Compiler Collection)

http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/index.html (UNIX / Linux Tutorial for Beginners)

My Computer

HP Pavilion dv8135nr, Windows XP Media Center Edition (Service Pack 3)

About Package Versions

I’m downloading the versions of each package that are available as I write this. In the future there will be newer versions of these packages, so don’t expect your experience to be the same if the version numbers aren’t the same. By all means please download the latest versions, and find your own way as you go.

MinGW Installation

Note: It is advised to install MinGW first. The MSYS installer will normalize to your existing MinGW installation.

Download the Automated MinGW Installer, version 5.1.4 as of this post, from the link below:

https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435&package_id=240780

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Create the folder C:\MinGW and save the downloaded file there. Now you sould have the file C:\MinGW\MinGW-5.1.4.exe.

Important Note: Never install MinGW or MSYS on a path containing spaces!

Double click the MinGW-5.1.4.exe file to run the Automated MinGW Installer.

Note: When the installer runs for the first time, it will perform a quick update check, and then create the mingw.ini file to record information about your installation.

Follow along to answer the prompts as shown. Prompts are shown in italics, and actions you should take are in parentheses.

Welcome to MinGW . . . (Click Next)

Install or just download files? (Choose Downlaoad and install, then click Next)

License Agreement (Click I Agree)

Choose Package (Choose Current, then click Next)

Choose Components (Checkmark MinGW base tools and g++ compiler, then click Next.)

Note: Do not checkmark MinGW Make!

Choose Install Location (Note the default location of C:\MinGW and click Next)

Choose Start Menu Folder (Click Install)

Note: If the Automated MinGW Installer fails for any reason, check your Internet connection, and run the Automated MinGW Installer again.

Downloading . . . (Wait and observe the process)

Extracting . . . (Wait and observe the process)

Installation Complete (Note the intallation log, then click Next.)

MinGW has finished . . . (Click Finish.)

Note: The Automated MinGW Installer has downloaded and extracted all required packages to the C:\MinGW folder.

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Note: The Automated MinGW Installer has also placed shortcuts in the Windows All Programs menu and Add or Remove Programs applet of the Control Panel.

MSYS Installation

Download the MSYS Base System installer from the link below. Be sure to get the Current Release, version 1.0.10 as of this post.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435&package_id=24963&release_id=89960

Note: It may be necessary to scroll your browser window, or drill down the menu, until you find Current Release: msys-1.0.10.

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Create the folder C:\MSYS and save the downloaded file there. Now you should have the file C:\MSYS\MSYS-1.0.10.exe.

Important Note: Never install MinGW or MSYS on a path containing spaces!

Double click the MSYS-1.0.10.exe file to run the installer, and answer the prompts as follows. Prompts are shown in italics, and actions you should take are in parentheses.

This will install “Minimal SYStem”. Do you wish to continue? (Click Yes)

Welcome to the “Minimal SYStem” . . . (Click Next)

License Agreement (Click Yes)

Information (Read the information, then click Next)

Select Destination Directory (Note the default location of C:\msys\1.0, then click Next)

Select Components (Accept the default of i386 based CPUs, and click Next)

Select Start Menu Folder (Click Next)

Ready to Install (Be sure the installation settings are correct, then click Install)

The installer now runs a small batch program to complete the installation.

MSYS Post Install Process

The batch program will open in a command line window, and prompt you to answer a few simple questions. You must be especially careful in answering the prompts because the batch program may misunderstand a mistyped response.

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Note: Be sure to follow along carefully as the batch program will not give you a chance to correct any mistakes!

Read the texts in the command window fully, and answer the prompts as follows. Prompts are shown in code style, and actions you should take are in (parentheses).

C:\msys\1.0\postinstall>..\bin\sh.exe pi.sh

This is a post install process that will try to normalize between
your MinGW install if any as well as your previous MSYS installs
if any. I don't have any traps as aborts will not hurt anything.
Do you wish to continue with the post install? [yn ]

(Type the lower case letter y, then type the enter key)

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Note: By type I mean you should press and quickly release the key.

Do you have MinGW installed? [yn ]

(Type the lower case letter y, then the enter key)

Note: Pay special attention to the path delimiters used in the next prompt because we are expected to use the forward slash, usually found on the same key as question mark.

Please answer the following in the form of c:/foo/bar.
Where is your MinGW installation?

(Type the full path of the MinGW folder in the format shown by the prompt.)

Note: Recall that we chose the location C:\MinGW during the MinGW installation process.

Note: If you typed the path incorrectly, perhaps by using anything other than the forward slash as a path delimiter, then you’ll be required to manually edit the /etc/fstab file after completing MSYS installation.

There will be no further interaction with the batch program after you press the enter key. If you typed all responses correctly up to this point, then the command prompt window will look like the image below.

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(Type the enter key.)

Creating /etc/fstab with mingw mount bindings.
Normalizing your MSYS environment.

C:\msys\1.0\postinstall>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

(Type the enter key one time to proceed)

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Note: Observe that we are advised not to install MinGW Make.

Now we go back to the Setup – “Minimal SYStem” installer window. The process is complete.

Setup has finished installing “Minimal SYStem” . . . (Click Finish)

Note: If you left the two boxes check marked, as you should have, you will see two document windows with important texts which you should now read.

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Note: You can read the MSYS documentation again later. They are located at C:\MSYS\1.0\doc, if you’ve followed along.

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Note: MSYS is installed to the path C:\MSYS\1.0, which will become the root of the MSYS virtual file system.

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Note: Shortcuts for MSYS have been added to the Windows desktop, All Programs menu, and Add or Remove Programs applet of the Control Panel.

Write a Test Program

We’ll create a simple C program and compile it with GCC to test our installation.

Start by double clicking the MSYS icon on your desktop, or clicking the MSYS icon in your Start menu’s All Programs sub menu. Alternatively, you may also start MSYS by executing the C:\MSYS\1.0\msys.bat batch program.

MSYS opens an rxvt terminal with a Unix command prompt. If you are not familiar with Unix, then you’ll need a good tutorial on the subject. I’m not teaching Unix here, but I encourage you to learn Unix if you have the patience.

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I’ll be using the Vim text editor which is included with MSYS. Be advised that the MSYS package has omitted the Vim documentation. If you don’t know Vim, then I strongly advise you to read a good tutorial first. Teaching you to use Vim is far, far beyond the scope of this post.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Many people have floundered hopelessly on their first encounter with Vim, myself included. Some people love Vim for it’s power and efficiency, and justifiably so, but I am not one of them. I’m hoping to successfully compile Emacs later, but feel free to use Vim all you like if it suits you better.

In the MSYS terminal, create a directory named hello in your home directory and change to the new directory.
mkdir ~/hello
cd ~/hello
Now enter the command vim hello.c to begin editing the C source code file.
vim hello.c

Type in the code, shown below in preformatted style. Write the file to disk, and quit from Vim.
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
printf("Hello, World!");
return 0;
}

Note: If you have any difficulty editing the source code in Vim, then please go to the tutorial and read it. Don’t say you weren’t warned!

Now compile the code with GCC:
gcc -ohello.exe hello.c
Test the compiled code by running the generated executable:
./hello.exe

If the hello message is printed and no errors are reported, then you’re good to go with MinGW and MSYS!

Volume #1: Tomie ( 1997 )

• Tomie
• Photograph
• Kiss
• Mansion
• Revenge
• The Basin of the Waterfall

Volume #2: Tomie Part 2 ( 1997 )

• Tomie Part 2
• Basement
• Painter
• Murder
• Hair
• Orphan Girl

Volume #3: Flesh Coloured Horror ( 1997 )

a.k.a. Niku-iro no Kai
a.k.a. Flesh Colored Horror
a.k.a. Flesh-Colored Horror
a.k.a. Flesh-Coloured Horror

• Long Hair in the Attic
• Approval
• Beehive
• Dying Young
• Headless Sculptures
• Flesh-Colored Horror

Volume #4: The Face Burglar ( 1998 )

a.k.a. Kao Dorobou

• The Face Burglar
• Scarecrow
• Falling
• The Red Line
• Our Honourable Ancestors
• The Hanging Balloons

Volume #5: Souichi’s Diary of Delights ( 1998 )

a.k.a. Souichi no Tanoshii Nikki

• Fun Summer Vacation
• Fun Winter Vacation
• Souichi’s Diary of Delights
• Souichi’s Home Tutor
• Cloth Teachers
• Souichi’s Birthday

Volume #6: Souichi’s Diary of Curses ( 1998 )

a.k.a. Souichi no Noroi Nikki

• Souichi’s Selfish Curse
• The Silent Room
• The Coffin
• Roumors
• Fashion Model

Volume #7: Slug Girl ( 1998 )

a.k.a. Namekuji no Shoujo

• Slug Girl
• Out of its Element
• Mold
• Coldness
• Ryokan
• The Groaning Drain
• Biohouse

Volume #8: Blood-bubble Bushes ( 1998 )

a.k.a. Chi Tamaki
a.k.a. Chitamagi

• Blood-bubble Bushes
• Unbearable Labyrinth
• Sword of the Re-animator
• The Will
• The Bridge
• Demonology
• The Conversation Room

Volume #9: Hallucinations ( 1998 )

a.k.a. Kubi Gensou

• Hallucinations
• Bog of the Living Dead
• Penpal
• Further Tales of Oshikiri
• Further Tales of Oshikiri: The Wall

Volume #10: House of the Marionettes ( 1998 )

a.k.a. Ayatsuri no Yashiki

• Ice Cream Bus
• Gang House
• The Smoking Club
• Second-hand Record
• The Sleeping Room
• The Gift Bearer
• House of the Marionettes

Volume #11: The Town Without Streets ( 1998 )

a.k.a. Michi no Nai Machi

• The Town Without Streets
• Near Miss!
• Maptown
• Village of the Siren
• The Supernatural Transfer Student

Volume #12: The Bully ( 1998 )

a.k.a. Ijimetsu Musume
a.k.a. Ijimekko

• The Bully
• House of the Deserter
• Father’s Heart
• Memory
• The Back Alley
• Love by the Book
• In the Soil

Volume #13: The Circus is Here ( 1998 )

a.k.a. Circus ga Kita

• The Circus is Here
• Gravetown
• The Adjacent Window
• Sleuth Kids: The Second Daughter’s Lover
• Sleuth Kids: The Assembly of Fallen Ghosts

Volume #14: The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel ( 1998 )

a.k.a. TONERU no Tan
a.k.a. Tunnel Kidan

• Long Dream
• The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel
• The Bronze Statue
• Drifting Spores
• Blood Sickness of the White Sands Village

Volume #15: Lovesick Dead ( 1998 )

a.k.a. Undying Love
a.k.a. Shibito no Kowa Zurai
a.k.a. Shibito no Koiwazurai

• The Beautiful Youth of the Intersections
• The Anxious Woman
• Shadows
• Screams in the Night

Volume #16: Frankenstein ( 1999 )

• Frankenstein
• A Doll’s Hellish Buial
• Memories of Real Shit

References

• Comics list at junji ito info page
• Girls’ Horror Comics: Junji Ito
• ITO Junji authors page at MangaUpdates