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RE: [h-e-w] bash and tex-shell
From: |
David Starks-Browning |
Subject: |
RE: [h-e-w] bash and tex-shell |
Date: |
Sun, 19 May 2002 11:31:32 +0100 |
On Saturday 18 May 02, Underwood, Jonathan writes:
> Hi
>
> ...
>
> 1) Don't put the cygwin binary directory on your path. Actually it's
> generally a BAD idea to put the cygwin binary directory on your path, as
> explained in the cygwin manual etc. Why the ntemacs and cygwin FAQ's
> instruct you to do so is a mystery to me.
I agree it's a bad idea to have C:\cygwin\bin anywhere in your default
Windows path. But if you want to use Cygwin apps from within NT-Emacs
(find, diff, make, ...), then it makes sense to add this, as I have in
the Cygwin FAQ:
(setq exec-path (cons "C:/cygwin/bin" exec-path))
(setenv "PATH" (concat "C:\\cygwin\\bin;" (getenv "PATH")))
I agree that this breaks down if the Cygwin TeX distribution (or *any*
Cygwin app for that matter) doesn't work well with NT-Emacs. I could
add that caviat to the Cygwin FAQ.
Thanks for your work on this, Jonathan!
Regards,
David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)