Re: compiling emacs/nt from cvs using cygwin tools

[Le Wang]

emacs user wrote:
> Hi...
>
> having read various emacs instruction files, I got emacs from cvs, got
> into cygwin bash prompt on a cygwin xterm, and
> cd emacs
> make maintainer-clean
> cd emacs/nt
> configure.bat
> make bootstrap.
>

try the unix build instructions:  "./configure && make && make install"

In my experience the "nt" folder is for MingW and MSVC, although the
docs don't explicitly say that.  Also, I've found compiling against
Cygwin results in sluggish binaries.  I use MingW, MSVC probably works
well too.

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Le