Re: Cygwin Emacs

[Phillip Lord]

>>>>> "Stefan" == "Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>" 
>>>>> <monnier+gnu.emacs.help/news/@flint.cs.yale.edu> writes:

  >> <rant> This program has obviously not been tested or such a bug
  >> would have quickly been discovered. Note that i havent changed
  >> any key bindings or other configurations - this is the way the
  >> program "works" right after installation.  </rant>

  Stefan> I don't know how Cygwin distribute their Emacs package, but
  Stefan> note that Emacs (the canonical version) does not work under
  Stefan> Cygwin and that what Cygwin distribute is a patched version
  Stefan> of Emacs and that this patch is pretty recent and indeed
  Stefan> probably not heavily tested yet.

  Stefan> Please report your problems to Cygwin so they get a chance
  Stefan> to fix it (their patch will hopefully make its way into the
  Stefan> official version of Emacs at some stage).

Sooner the better it would seem. Then it could go through the normal
pretest procedure. Which would make three different compiled versions
on windows, if I am adding up correctly?

Wow. 

Phil