Simple issues with X and Emacs/XEmacs

[David Karr]

It's been a few years since I've installed a new Cygwin installation.  I
used to use XEmacs in Cygwin, and it worked reasonably well.  I could get it
to start up in a regular MS Windows window, I believe without having to use
an X server.

I just installed Cygwin again on a new box, and I'm having trouble getting
either Emacs or XEmacs to do anything useful.  Both Emacs and XEmacs
complain that they can't connect to the X server, although I can get rxvt to
work.

When I run "startx", it gives me a dumb window manager (no decorations).  I
can at least start Emacs and XEmacs now, but the Emacs font is unusable
(just open boxes).  XEmacs appears to be basically working.

I ran through the Cygwin user guide already, but these kinds problems aren't
addressed there (as far as I can tell).

I could use some help with this.


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