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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:57:57 -0400
From: Ken Jackson <cygwin AT jackson DOT io>
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Subject: Re: Cygwin Emacs and windows paths
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On 03/12/2012 08:19 AM, Leo wrote:
 > On 12/03/2012, at 10:09 PM, Ken Jackson wrote:
 > >> On 03/10/2012 01:17 AM, Leo wrote:
 >>> Now my normal Windows paths copied from Windows Explorer don't work
 >>> anymore in Emacs - and vice versa. I know I can use `cygpath` to
 >>> convert /on the command line/, but is there any integration for this
 >>> in Cygwin Emacs?
 >>
 >> I prefer to wrap everything in a shell script. This is the one I use,
 >> though I actually use "cygpath -w" because I still use NTemacs
 >> because I don't always start X.
 >
 > Ken, you still use NTEmacs? How does *your* NTEmacs cope with the new 
bash/cygwin
 > environment?  Don't you get the "Inappropriate ioctl for device" error?
 > It would be very convenient to find a way back to NTemacs with 
cygwin-bash inside it…

I've never seen that error.

But I guess you're talking about running bash inside emacs--which I
never do.  It's been my habit for years, whether on Linux or Cygwin,
to have multiple terminal windows open and to press ALT-TAB to get
to one of them when I need the command line.

-Ken Jackson

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