From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Hanchrow Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Cygwin emacs - does it work? Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:19:50 -0700 Message-ID: <873aljwktl.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net> References: <48985B66.3090207@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1217949812 7466 80.91.229.12 (5 Aug 2008 15:23:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 15:23:32 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 05 17:24:23 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KQOOV-00058p-If for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:24:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56441 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KQONa-0006EZ-30 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:23:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KQONP-000697-St for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:23:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KQONJ-00061Y-VG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:23:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41507 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KQONJ-000619-O2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:23:01 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:45582 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KQONJ-0007tL-Fa for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:23:01 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KQONB-0005pJ-Tt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:22:53 +0000 Original-Received: from q-static-138-125.avvanta.com ([206.124.138.125]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:22:53 +0000 Original-Received: from offby1 by q-static-138-125.avvanta.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:22:53 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 14 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: q-static-138-125.avvanta.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:uQ//OvW5S0Zt8wXvODiyEF/wQbs= X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:102094 Archived-At: >>>>> "Lennart" == Lennart Borgman (gmail) writes: Lennart> For example typing C-c results in C-g. I think you need to set an environment variable before starting Cygwin -- "set CYGWIN=tty" might do it. In general though, I've found Cygwin emacs to be too frustrating to use; I instead use the native Win32 emacs, but with lots of Cygwin tools such as bash, coreutils, and find. -- [T]he best strip of the last decade is "Dilbert", and it sure isn't because of the drawing. -- Garry Trudeau