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RE: How to run GNU Emacs from Windows icon
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf
> Of Ken Brown
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 11:35 AM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: How to run GNU Emacs from Windows icon
>
> On 6/4/2009 12:10 PM, David Karr wrote:
> >>> emacs: Terminal type cygwin is not defined.
> >> My guess is that this is a terminfo issue. Try installing the
> terminfo0
> >> package.
> >
> > Getting back to this, I already have terminfo0 installed.
>
> I think the cause of your problem with emacs-21 may have been found:
>
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-06/msg00615.html
>
> Anyway, I hope you're happily using emacs-23 now so that this is no
> longer relevant. (emacs-23 depends on terminfo rather than terminfo0.)
It is working fine, but I have a feeling the solution I ended up using
probably would have worked in the regular version also. My shortcut command
line is (paraphrased) "rxvt bash emacs". I'm not going to worry too much
about it at this point.
Thanks.
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