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Date:	Wed, 27 Nov 2002 11:31:06 -0500 (EST)
From:	Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To:	troy DOT holly AT mewa DOT de
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Subject:	Re: cygwin emacs: broken key mappings
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On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 troy DOT holly AT mewa DOT de wrote:

> The emacs C-c, C-h and C-SPC keys are broken:
>
>     C-c   maps to C-g
>     C-SPC maps to SPC
>     C-h   maps to DEL
>
> To verify this just enter
>
>     M-x global-key-binding 'broken_key´
>
> and emacs prompts you to set 'key´ to a command. 'key´ in the broken cases
> is simply wrong, as I listed above.
>
> Under these conditions emacs turns out to be a real adventure. You want help
> and you end up deleting things. Want to quit? No way, unless you do it the
> hard way:
>
>     save-buffers-kill-emacs
>
> - Troy Holly

Troy,

Do you have "tty" in your CYGWIN environment variable?  It's been reported
that emacs has problems without it.
	Igor
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