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2009-02-12 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* faq-using.xml: First cut on Emacs.
2009-02-12 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* faq-setup.xml: Revamp for Cygwin 1.7.

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<question><para>Is there a Cygwin port of GNU Emacs?</para></question>
<answer>
<para>Yes! It uses the X11 (<ulink url="http://cygwin.com/xfree/">http://cygwin.com/xfree/</ulink>) Windows
interface. From a remote login shell, this ``emacs -nw'' works fine.
There is also a non-X11 version which just provides the text-only
terminal interface. Use Cygwin Setup to install either one (or both).
<para>Yes. It uses the X11 (<ulink url="http://cygwin.com/xfree/">http://cygwin.com/xfree/</ulink>) GUI. Right now the package is old and outdated.
Consider using XEmacs for now.
</para>
</answer></qandaentry>
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<question><para>What about NT Emacs?</para></question>
<answer>
<para>If you want GNU Emacs with a native Microsoft Windows interface, but
without X, then you must use the native Windows port, commonly known
as ``NT Emacs''. You get NT Emacs from any GNU mirror. It is not
available from Cygwin Setup.
<para>If you want GNU Emacs with a native Microsoft GUI interface, then
you can either use XEmacs (see below), or you can fetch a native NT Emacs
from <ulink url="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/windows/">http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/windows/</ulink>. See also the README file you get from the
same place.
</para>
<para>NT Emacs uses the Windows command shell by default. Since it is not a
Cygwin application, it has no knowledge of Cygwin mounts. With those
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cygwin-mount.el from <ulink url="http://www.emacswiki.org/elisp/index.html">http://www.emacswiki.org/elisp/index.html</ulink>.
</para>
<para>Note that all of this ``just works'' if you use the Cygwin port of
Emacs from Cygwin Setup.
Emacs or XEmacs from Cygwin Setup.
</para>
</answer></qandaentry>