From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs on Windows XP -> Cygwin Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:13:56 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1194927276 29711 80.91.229.12 (13 Nov 2007 04:14:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:14:36 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 13 05:14:40 2007 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 1IrnAb-0003Co-F7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:14:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IrnAM-0004gH-Oq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:14:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IrnA8-0004ft-4c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:14:08 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IrnA7-0004fc-Kl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:14:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IrnA7-0004fZ-FC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:14:07 -0500 Original-Received: from romy.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.24]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IrnA7-0004uk-7u for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:14:07 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-228-251-77.inter.net.il [84.228.251.77]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id JJP54087 (AUTH halo1); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:13:41 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: (message from Chris McMahan on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:09:38 -0500) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) 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:49191 Archived-At: > From: Chris McMahan > Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:09:38 -0500 > > > I wouldn't recommend that. I am running Windows XP with Cygwin, and > I'm using the XP (w32) version of Emacs and the cygwin tools without > any problems. I wouldn't recommend doing what you do, unless the OP likes to "tinker" with all kinds of Emacs options and optional packages, such as cygwin-mount. There are subtle incompatibilities between Cygwin and native Windows programs (file-name conventions, console and pipe I/O, text vs. binary I/O, signal delivery, etc.), so someone who's used for things "to just work", like they do on GNU/Linux, is well advised to limit him/herself to either only Cygwin programs or only native Windows programs. > The cygwin version of emacs is (AFAIK) an older version. One can find a pointer to the latest one by searching the archives of the Cygwin mailing list. > To get windowing support, you must run the Cygwin xserver. True, but where's the problem with that? an X server is available as part of the Cygwin download.