From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: have installed cygwin, & "its" emacs. dired shows only subtree, no "up" Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:57:08 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1222116096 11562 80.91.229.12 (22 Sep 2008 20:41:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:41:36 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 22 22:42:32 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KhsEg-0000oA-IK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:42:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40440 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KhsDe-0005VW-OH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:41:18 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1222113428 15958 166.84.1.3 (22 Sep 2008 19:57:08 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:57:08 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:162575 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:57917 Archived-At: In article , Drew Adams wrote: >> I don't know what's better in your situation, but for years >> now I've made Cygwin an integral part of how I use Windows, >> but have always used the native Windows Emacs (NTEmacs). >> The original reason for doing so was that Cygwin Emacs had >> problems running in a command Window (without running >> Cygwin X), and I had no other reasons for running the Cygwin >> X server. Also (at least at the time), the Cygwin version of Emacs >> lagged behind the current version of NTEmacs. Using the >> cygwin-mount package with NTEmacs gave the best of both worlds. >> Nowadays, I'm running the Cygwin X server for other reasons, >> and the situation may have changed, but I think it's >> still an advantage to use the native version, if for no other >> reason than if a problem occurs, one can ask on this newgroup >> directly, rather than figuring out whether the question is more >> appropiate for the Cygwin mailing list. > >FWIW, I second that - I too use Cygwin with native Windows Emacs. I use these >two libraries. They are sufficient for me (in GNU Emacs 20, 21, 22, 23). > >http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/cygwin-mount.el > >http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/setup-cygwin.el > >(when (and (eq system-type 'windows-nt) > (require 'cygwin-mount nil t)) > (require 'setup-cygwin)) Thank you! When my wife gets back in 10 days, I'll ask her for "permission" to get NTemacs. I guess you can get FULL-SCREEN emacs display too? (I hope!) Question: so that when-code lives in your standard .emacs? Thanks much! David PS: does anyone besides me use the SAME mp3-device as mine, the sansa CLIP (4gb, ie newer than the 2gb, maybe newer software on it.)?