Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@hp.com> writes: > Bernt Hansen <be...@norang.ca> wrote: > > ... >> (shell-command (concat "GITDIR=" dir " && git describe --abbrev=4 >> HEAD")) > ... > > Disclaimer: I touch Windows once a day to check a mail account and > possibly surf the web - other than that, I'm pretty much at sea in it > (and I've never used emacs on Windows, let alone install git on it.) > Please excuse the elementary questions. > > How does shell-command work under Windows? What shell is it using? > Is cygwin a prerequisite for it? Is cygwin a prerequisite for git? > > Thanks, > Nick
Nick, You use windows more than me :) I have no idea what shell it uses - but if it's the DOS shell the && above is never going to work. I have GNU Emacs 23.0.91.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2009-02-26 on LENNART-69DE564 (patched) here which I can try. I think this version uses the DOS shell and git which is installed on the system isn't available from this shell. Maybe I should just disable the git version for now on ms-dos, windows-nt, and cygwin since I don't know how to make it work reliably on windows. Opinions? -Bernt _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
