emacs issues

[Mark Hadfield]

Brian Dessent wrote:
> I would suggest rxvt.  Personally, I use the "CMD.EXE prompt" as little
> as possible (i.e., not at all) 

I like your turn of phrase!

> with Cygwin because frankly, it sucks
> hard.  I suspect that I am not alone.

No you are not, but I would like to quibble with your teminology.

The "Windows terminal" thingy that cmd.exe normally runs in is more 
accurately termed a "console window". It is not tied to cmd.exe. You can 
run bash in a console window if you want (eg type "bash" at the "Run..." 
prompt) and you can run cmd.exe in an rxvt window. But I do these things 
as little as possible...

So I agree with your advice: if you want to run Cygwin applications like 
emacs in "no window" mode, use an rxvt terminal instead of a console window.


-- 
Mark Hadfield          "Kei puwaha te tai nei, Hoea tahi tatou"
m.hadfield@niwa.co.nz
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)


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