To run cygwin shell as emacs shell try the following in your .emacs c:\.emacs default location, read ntemacs FAQ for full details Replace d:/cygwin with wherever cygwin is installed in your environment.
;# http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html ;How do I use a shell in Emacs? ;http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/faq7.html#shell ;#set |grep COMSPEC ;#COMSPEC=C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe ;; For the interactive shell (setq explicit-shell-file-name "d:/cygwin/bin/bash.exe") ;; For subprocesses invoked via the shell (e.g., "shell -c command") (setq shell-file-name "d:/cygwin/bin/bash.exe") -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/