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Date:	Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:14:40 +0000
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From:	David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject:	ssh to windows (cygwin) host --- shell not a tty?
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On  12 Mar 02, dave-gnus AT bfnet DOT com writes:
> I can SSH to my cygwin on XP host no problem.
> I tried to run 'emacs -nw', and got:
> 
>         emacs: standard input is not a tty
> 
> Um... is this something I can fix?

No(*).  Use 'xemacs -nw' instead.  You can build xemacs from source or
download a cygwin-compiled binary from <http://www.xemacs.org/>.

Sorry, I've been meaning to add this to the FAQ.

(*) Unless you want to port GNU Emacs to Cygwin.  The Emacs Developers
would probably welcome your contribution.  But this is not their list.

Regards,
David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)


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