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| author | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2009-02-12 15:30:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2009-02-12 15:30:03 +0000 |
| commit | 545b4d2b57796884670948b6bec0ca386be2c893 (patch) | |
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* faq-using.xml: First cut on Emacs.
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index 78a0aa3bd..b331291c3 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ 2009-02-12 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> + * faq-using.xml: First cut on Emacs. + +2009-02-12 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> + * faq-setup.xml: Revamp for Cygwin 1.7. * faq-using.xml: Ditto. diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml index 8a49b1423..ea5caa9b3 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml @@ -800,10 +800,8 @@ interfere with the normal functioning of Cygwin. <question><para>Is there a Cygwin port of GNU Emacs?</para></question> <answer> -<para>Yes! It uses the X11 (<ulink url="http://cygwin.com/xfree/">http://cygwin.com/xfree/</ulink>) Windows -interface. From a remote login shell, this ``emacs -nw'' works fine. -There is also a non-X11 version which just provides the text-only -terminal interface. Use Cygwin Setup to install either one (or both). +<para>Yes. It uses the X11 (<ulink url="http://cygwin.com/xfree/">http://cygwin.com/xfree/</ulink>) GUI. Right now the package is old and outdated. +Consider using XEmacs for now. </para> </answer></qandaentry> @@ -811,10 +809,10 @@ terminal interface. Use Cygwin Setup to install either one (or both). <question><para>What about NT Emacs?</para></question> <answer> -<para>If you want GNU Emacs with a native Microsoft Windows interface, but -without X, then you must use the native Windows port, commonly known -as ``NT Emacs''. You get NT Emacs from any GNU mirror. It is not -available from Cygwin Setup. +<para>If you want GNU Emacs with a native Microsoft GUI interface, then +you can either use XEmacs (see below), or you can fetch a native NT Emacs +from <ulink url="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/windows/">http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/windows/</ulink>. See also the README file you get from the +same place. </para> <para>NT Emacs uses the Windows command shell by default. Since it is not a Cygwin application, it has no knowledge of Cygwin mounts. With those @@ -849,7 +847,7 @@ settings are for Emacs 21.1: cygwin-mount.el from <ulink url="http://www.emacswiki.org/elisp/index.html">http://www.emacswiki.org/elisp/index.html</ulink>. </para> <para>Note that all of this ``just works'' if you use the Cygwin port of -Emacs from Cygwin Setup. +Emacs or XEmacs from Cygwin Setup. </para> </answer></qandaentry> |