RE: Problem launching cygwin shell from xemacs

Karl, 
 
I had a similar problem recently.  Apparently there is a problem on the Cygwin side that they have fixed, but not put into the latest release.  There is a "snapshot" patch for cygwin that you can install.  Have a look at the following to see if it is relevant.
 
Best, 
Steve Scott
 

>       http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2003-10/msg00624.html 
(description of the problem)
 
and
 
<http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#SEC20 <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#SEC20> > information on how to install snapshots. 


	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Karl Nilsson [mailto:[email protected]] 
	Sent: Mon 12/15/2003 1:39 AM 
	To: [email protected] 
	Cc: 
	Subject: Problem launching cygwin shell from xemacs 
	
	

	Hi, 

	We have got the cygwin version of xemacs installed on about 140 pc's all 
	running windows xp and they are all experiencing problems when launching a 
	shell from xemacs(M-x shell eg.). Basically xemacs crashes at this point. I 
	was told by someone (that knows more about xemacs than me) to put this is 
	the init.el file: 

	(setq exec-path (cons "d:\\cygwin\\bin" exec-path) (setenv "PATH" (concat 
	"d:\\cygwin\\bin;" (getenv "PATH"))) (setq process-coding-system-alist 
	'(("bash" . undecided-unix))) (setq shell-file-name "bash") (setenv "SHELL" 
	shell-file-name) (setq explicit-shell-file-name shell-file-name) 

	I tried but it didn't work, unfortunately. Xemacs still crashes when trying 
	to load the shell. 
	Can anyone else offer any advice of what I could do to get this to work? My 
	knowledge of xemacs/emacs is very limited so apologies if I have not 
	provided the right/enough information. Currently we are using the latest 
	Cygwin and the latest xemacs net installations. I have been told (but not 
	able to confirm) that it used to work in an earlier distribution of 
	Cygwin/xemacs. 

	Thanks and regards 
	Karl