Compiling XEmacs 21.4.17 (was Re: Emacs from cygwin in X mode with no X running)

2005-08-30 Thread Henry S. Thompson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ht writes: Or you can compile your own 21.4.17 from source, but this is _not_ a 'straight-out-of-the-box' exercise. If you try this and have trouble, I'll try to dig out my config.status and other notes from the last time I made it all work. I

Emacs from cygwin in X mode with no X running

2005-08-28 Thread Ian MacKinnon
Harry said :- Is there a handy way (on winxp) to use emacs as if in X but without installing or using the X side of cygwin? export DISPLAY= ; xemacs will do the job, as Xemacs will then start in MS mode. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: Emacs from cygwin in X mode with no X running

2005-08-27 Thread Harry Putnam
James R. Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Have you actually tried installing the x-server and using it? It takes a while Yes. I just wanted to stay away from extra stuff. But as you surmised, not if it requires huge energy output. to download, but can be used somewhat unobtrusively.

Emacs from cygwin in X mode with no X running

2005-08-26 Thread Harry Putnam
My background is unix/linux so when I find myself on MS OS of one vintage or another I sorely need the cygwin tools. However, one thing I've not found a way to get smoothed out is how to run emacs. I want to run emacs in gui mode but without starting an X session. That is, similar to what is

Re: Emacs from cygwin in X mode with no X running

2005-08-26 Thread Andy Moreton
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:39:39 GMT, Harry Putnam wrote: My background is unix/linux so when I find myself on MS OS of one vintage or another I sorely need the cygwin tools. However, one thing I've not found a way to get smoothed out is how to run emacs. I want to run emacs in gui mode

Re: Emacs from cygwin in X mode with no X running

2005-08-26 Thread Harry Putnam
Andy Moreton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:39:39 GMT, Harry Putnam wrote: My background is unix/linux so when I find myself on MS OS of one vintage or another I sorely need the cygwin tools. However, one thing I've not found a way to get smoothed out is how to run

Re: Emacs from cygwin in X mode with no X running

2005-08-26 Thread Henry S. Thompson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Harry Putnam writes: I want to run emacs in gui mode but without starting an X session. That is, similar to what is possible with ntemacs. This can be done easily with XEmacs. You can get an only slightly stale version (21.4.13) straight out of

Re: Emacs from cygwin in X mode with no X running

2005-08-26 Thread Harry Putnam
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Henry S. Thompson) writes: [...] This can be done easily with XEmacs. You can get an only slightly stale version (21.4.13) straight out of the box from XEmacs.org [1] (pick 'native windows'). Or you can compile your own 21.4.17 from source, but this is _not_ a

Re: Emacs from cygwin in X mode with no X running

2005-08-26 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Harry Putnam wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Henry S. Thompson) writes: http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR. Thanks. [...] This can be done easily with XEmacs. You can get an only slightly stale version (21.4.13) straight out of the box from XEmacs.org [1] (pick

Re: Emacs from cygwin in X mode with no X running

2005-08-26 Thread Andy Moreton
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:46:38 GMT, Harry Putnam wrote: Andy Moreton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:39:39 GMT, Harry Putnam wrote: [snipped] You may find it easier to teach NTemacs about cygwin paths: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/cygwin-mount.el What is

Re: Emacs from cygwin in X mode with no X running

2005-08-26 Thread Harry Putnam
Igor Pechtchanski [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, you could try compiling Emacs yourself and linking it against libW11 (that comes with rxvt). Most likely, this will not work, but I'm sure patches for missing functionality would be thoughtfully considered by the developers of rxvt. 'Tis a

Re: Emacs from cygwin in X mode with no X running

2005-08-26 Thread Harry Putnam
Andy Moreton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (cygwin-mount-activate) Egad I am being a tedious bore. I failed to eval that in my test. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation:

Re: Emacs from cygwin in X mode with no X running

2005-08-26 Thread Harry Putnam
Andy Moreton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:46:38 GMT, Harry Putnam wrote: Andy Moreton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:39:39 GMT, Harry Putnam wrote: [snipped] You may find it easier to teach NTemacs about cygwin paths:

Re: Emacs from cygwin in X mode with no X running

2005-08-26 Thread James R. Phillips
Have you actually tried installing the x-server and using it? It takes a while to download, but can be used somewhat unobtrusively. The default startxwin.sh shell script starts xwin in the multiwindow mode, which means you get a black X icon in the system tray when there are no X clients, and