Thank you! You are right, the problem was caused by this cygwin bash shell. When I disabled it, python can be run correctly. Da (w32-shell-name) RET returns "C:/cygwin64/bin/bash.exe" On 4/4/2015 2:44 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2015 21:38:21 +0300 >> From: Eli Zaretskii >> Cc: 20237@debbugs.gnu.org >> >> I think you need to use this instead: >> >> (setq python-shell-interpreter "/cygdrive/C/Python27/Scripts/ipython") >> >> Or something like that -- I don't use Cygwin, so I might be mistaken >> about the exact format you need to use. > Actually, if you use this format, you'd probably also need to use > cygwin-mount as well. > > So the second alternative, to remove the setup for Cygwin Bash, is IMO > better. Mixing a native Windows Emacs with Cygwin is a tricky > business. > > Yet another possibility is to use a Cygwin build of Emacs.