Re: compiling emacs using cygwin

[David R <angel_ov_north@tiscali.co.uk>]

Eric Hanchrow wrote:
> I've found building Emacs on Windows to be difficult, although I've
> written down what works on
> http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/BuildingOnWindowsTableofContents.
> 
> You seem to be trying to build a "native Windows" binary, as opposed
> to a Cygwin binary.  Is that right?
I am not quite sure. I was attempting to use cygwin to compile it and I 
presumed that this will produce a native windows binary.
I have used MingW will reasonable success.  It produces an emacs from 
the nt version which runs on win XP but its appearance looks a bit 
shoddy, as thought it only uses 16 colours.  I presume that this is 
because I did not included any image support stuff like the link you 
mentioned does suggest.

> If you want to build a Cygwin binary, install gcc 4 from source (yes,
> that's a pain, but it works "out of the box") and then build Emacs
> with the usual Unix-style "./configure; make" (i.e., use ./configure
> instead of nt/configure.bat).

This is a bit of a problem to install gcc4 from source because the setup 
utility only goes up to version 3.4.4
I have a few questions
      1.  How do I discover the version of my gcc without going to the 
setup utility?
      2.  Is there anywhere on the net which gives me a "hold your hand" 
guide to compiling gcc from source on cygwin.  I have found for linux 
but not unixy shells.
      3.  I have looked for a good introduction to unix via cygwin but 
have not found any useful stuff for the beginner.  Any suggestions?

Thanks
David R