From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs on Windows XP -> Cygwin
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:13:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uir46eq9n.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <u4pfrj6i5.fsf@one.dot.net> (message from Chris McMahan on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:09:38 -0500)
> From: Chris McMahan <first_initiallastname@one.dot.net>
> 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.
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2007-11-13 1:09 ` Emacs on Windows XP -> Cygwin Chris McMahan
2007-11-13 4:13 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2007-11-13 9:14 ` Drew Adams
2007-11-13 22:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2007-11-14 8:54 ` David Rod
2007-11-17 15:19 ` reader
2007-11-17 15:46 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2007-11-18 10:53 ` David Rod
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2007-11-13 12:19 ` Rainer Stengele
2007-11-13 21:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-11-13 14:31 JunJie
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2007-11-13 4:03 JunJie
2007-11-12 20:19 Raimund Kohl-Füchsle
2007-11-12 21:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
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