From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Mastro Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs for Windows Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 16:57:29 -0700 Message-ID: References: <874mvcc1jh.fsf@gmail.com> <83d2a0bfwu.fsf@gnu.org> <871tqfbqxq.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1412985493 25257 80.91.229.3 (10 Oct 2014 23:58:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 23:58:13 +0000 (UTC) To: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 11 01:58:06 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xck4U-0006o6-7h for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Oct 2014 01:58:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51671 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xck4T-0007Gh-Rn for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:58:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38476) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xck4H-0007GR-Bi for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:57:54 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xck4G-0001Ck-Mf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:57:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-oi0-x231.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c06::231]:64198) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xck4G-0001Cc-FL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:57:52 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-oi0-f49.google.com with SMTP id a3so8405501oib.22 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 16:57:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=2vxvwlDI9zLiY90PXri27+RTydmjDraYkzoIiQyV3xo=; b=zoQTkbx9wgGY6sT/cAwgtl6k22VXSv3KiDCTp8PQXDRiWrvynent3ckHGFvfjJq0kh lcYvX6IwIzSkLuxX2HTOPv0pKI9QSOJz16FuJDVk2gw4OcPGzSB5rFFE4/wRSAI8phNN u35YNXJ11Q4WovWYxbK+Fe5kM52iRJThOj2z+8HNEz3W5BCSWP8QQvA4A8BMmqdlNTCD C+cqR5nNtONBRKMtXreMenIfcnK9wxBFmqDzbi+LJUlckjOJHoTtITstZv8JXElI65qV fqPR3dZrjiRfmmrsRispaFfZAcSP5UiiyPQXY+tKkwncTk8/R3GJUsLumVps2B/uC8g8 DNYQ== X-Received: by 10.202.104.139 with SMTP id o11mr7098344oik.29.1412985471267; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 16:57:51 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.76.125.194 with HTTP; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 16:57:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <871tqfbqxq.fsf@gmail.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4003:c06::231 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:100404 Archived-At: E Sabof wrote: > I recall trying to get GIT (which comes with it's own mini posix > environment), ack-grep (not part of cygwin, and requiring a windows > version of perl), SSH (I think from cygwin) to get along, while trying > to keep thing like find-dired and find-grep working. In case it's off interest, here's how I deal with those things: - Use Cygwin's git - Use CPAN with Cygwin's Perl to install Ack - Use Cygwin's SSH So far `find-dired', `find-grep', and so on have worked fine. Much better than the results I've gotten from solutions other than Cygwin. -- john