Re: Emacs on Windows XP -> Cygwin

[Rainer Stengele]

Eli Zaretskii schrieb:
>> 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.
> 
> 

Is tramp running under cygwin without problems?
As far as I know the w32 emacs cannot run tramp successfully.

I do run emacsw32 without any problems and also use cygwin tools a lot.

rainer