From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using remote services (telnet,ssh) in Emacs 22 Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:07:49 +1000 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <87d4x6iu8q.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> References: <5jkmm2F18vqU1@mid.individual.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1188380522 12200 80.91.229.10 (29 Aug 2007 09:42:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:42:02 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 29 11:46:31 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IQK86-0002V9-TJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:46:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IQK3h-0000uk-Kc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:41:57 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!news.glorb.com!sn-xt-sjc-04!sn-xt-sjc-11!sn-xt-sjc-09!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:K5uot2XppqiMI1svXXw+JjCaadw= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 31 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:151388 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:46910 Archived-At: Will writes: > Hi, > > I'd like to use Emacs 22.1 with Windows XP to to work remotely with some > servers via telnet, ssh etc. I've also installed telnet and openssh > contained in cygwin. I am using the telnet.el library and some extension > from http://www.khngai.com/emacs/cygwin.php. > > However, I get the following error messages after entering M-x telnet RET > : > "Process telnet- exited abnormally with code 255" > > I have no problems accessing the server via telnet in the Cygwin shell > without Emacs. > > Who can help? > What are the values of telnet-host-properties telnet-program What is in the communication buffer described in the telnet command docstring? Finally, if all you want to do is edit files remotely, then I'd recommend using tramp, which is bundled with emacs 22. Tim -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au