vim patch

The attached patch should solve the problem with symbolic links. For ex. when editing /etc/hosts we get the warning E303: Unable to open swap file for "hosts", recovery impossible See also http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-06/msg00279.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg025

Re: Downloading a full install package from a mirror

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Has anyone else had trouble downloading a full installation using > setup.exe from one of the numerous cygwin mirrors available. > > Depending upon which mirror I choose (using the same option selection in > the setup.exe configuration), I get different sized downloads -

Emacs ignores signals

I just switched from xemacs to gnu emacs 21.3.50.1 on cygwin 1.5.24(0.156/4/2) with an X server (the latest versions I can find). I have shell-mode working, except that signals sent to the subprocess are ignored. For example, if I want to cancel or stop a process, I should be able to type C-c C-c

Unable to open /dev/mem: permission denied

Hi, There is probably a straightforward answer to this question. I am trying to run a c program under cygwin that I have compiled using gcc in cygwin. The program is trying to open /dev/mem in read/write mode. However I always get permission denied. The code looks like: int fd = open("/dev/mem",

1.5.24 esdplay delays every other file

Hi, good work on Cygwin but I'm wondering why when I type: for N in *.wav; do esdplay $N; read; done in a directory full of short WAV files, and I wait for each WAV to finish before pressing Enter to start the next one, every OTHER wav file is delayed by about a second before it starts. The dela

Downloading a full install package from a mirror

Has anyone else had trouble downloading a full installation using setup.exe from one of the numerous cygwin mirrors available. Depending upon which mirror I choose (using the same option selection in the setup.exe configuration), I get different sized downloads - which would indicate to me that