From: Will Parsons <oudeis@nodomain.invalid>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs on windows
Date: 3 Feb 2008 21:21:37 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnfqcc31.aok.oudeis@isis.thalatta.eme> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.6895.1202007732.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Drew Adams wrote:
>> 2. Do people using emacs on windows prefer cygwin-emacs to native
>> windows emacs?
>
> Others will give you additional (and perhaps contradictory ;-)) help, but
> here are my 2 cents:
>
> 3. I use Cygwin with a native Windows build of Emacs. I don't use a Cygwin
> build of Windows. Either way, Cygwin is great. No problems with paths, and
> so on.
>
I can second this advice. I've been using NTEmacs in conjunction with
Cygwin for some time now and am completely happy with the combination.
Look for cygwin-mount.el so that you can use your Cygwin paths within
Emacs.
- Will
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-03 21:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-03 2:23 emacs on windows rustom
2008-02-03 3:00 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.6895.1202007732.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-02-03 21:21 ` Will Parsons [this message]
2008-02-04 14:38 ` Rob Wolfe
2008-02-04 15:02 ` Jason Rumney
2008-02-04 19:17 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-02-04 16:28 ` anu
2008-02-11 12:13 ` Sven Utcke
2008-02-11 13:25 ` David Kastrup
2008-02-12 6:16 ` reader
2008-02-11 14:57 ` rustom
2008-02-11 15:17 ` Joost Kremers
2008-02-12 1:59 ` B. T. Raven
2008-02-12 20:51 ` Sven Utcke
2008-02-13 1:50 ` B. T. Raven
2008-02-04 19:53 ` Joel J. Adamson
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