Re: [h-e-w] Emacs + W32 + Cygwin Integration

[Stephen Leake]

Will <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> if i use GNU Emacs(W32 package)
> GNU Emacs 22.0.99.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2007-04-24 on
> LENNART-69DE564 (patched)
> and Cygwin (don't know version, installed this summer)
> the first time I call M-x cygwin-shell
> I get a *Warnings* buffer saying
> 'Warning (w32shell): When using 'cygwin' program 'patch' can't be found'
> and when I use the cygwin shell with
> Cygwin /cygdrive/c > find --help
> I get the error
>  > FIND: Parameter format not correct

This is the Windows find program, not Cygwin find.

> After exiting and restarting the shell everything works fine.
> Similar problems occur with other commands like 'grep'. There are no
> problems when I use the Cygwin shell standalone (without Emacs).
>
> Can you help?

You need to set your path properly in Emacs, to include the Cygwin bin
directory. 

I don't use the W32 package, so I don't know if it is supposed to find
the Cygwin path for you.

I set my path like this:

  (setq exec-path
        (list
         (expand-file-name "~/bin")
         (getenv "INSTALL_BIN")
         "c:/Gnu/GNAT-6.0.2/bin"
         "c:/altera/71/quartus/bin"
         (getenv "MODEL_TECH")
         (getenv "EMACS_BIN")
         "c:/Projects/gnavi/gnatcom/tools"
;         "c:/Gnu/Ghdl-0.25/bin"
         "c:/Gnu/monotone-build_mingw"
         "c:/Apps/monotone" ; dlls for mtn
         "c:/usr/local/bin" ; X11 gtkwave installed here
         "c:/apps/bazaar"
         "c:/bin" ; cygwin
         "c:/usr/X11R6/bin" ; cygwin
         "c:/Gnu/maxima-5.9.1/bin"
         "c:/texmf/miktex/bin"
         "c:/Gnu/apache-ant-1.6.5/bin"
         "c:/Windows/system32"))
  (setenv "PATH" (mapconcat 'identity  exec-path  path-separator))


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