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From:	"Elfyn McBratney" <elfyn-cygwin AT exposure DOT org DOT uk>
To:	"cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>, "Samir Gupta" <samir DOT gupta AT Barra DOT COM>
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Subject:	Re: looking for what is hopefully a simple answer for someone trying to use EMACS in cygwin
Date:	Tue, 11 Feb 2003 22:06:07 -0000
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> Why would exceed cause this problem?  I have the problem even when I don't
> run exceed on this computer.  I am also almost certain that this did not
> work when I tried it on a computer that did not have exceed on it at all.
>

Are you trying to run plain-old emacs from a cygwin prompt and it keeps
telling you about the X thing? If so just run `emacs -nw'. If not, then
Sorry! :-)


Regards,

Elfyn McBratney
elfyn AT exposure DOT org DOT uk
www.exposure.org.uk

> Is there anything else that could be wrong?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com [mailto:lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 1:41 PM
> To: samir DOT gupta AT barra DOT com; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: RE: looking for what is hopefully a simple answer for someone
> trying to use EMACS in cygwin
>
>
> Sounds like a problem with Exceed to me then.
>
> Larry
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Samir Gupta samir DOT gupta AT Barra DOT COM
> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 12:32:18 -0800
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: RE: looking for what is hopefully a simple answer for someone
> trying to use EMACS in cygwin
>
>
> That does not work for some reason, here is what happens when I open up a
> tcsh shell (without my .tcshrc):
>
> [sgupta AT sguptaxxxx /cygdrive/c]$ echo $DISPLAY
> :0
> [sgupta AT sguptaxxxx /cygdrive/c]$ emacs
> emacs: Cannot connect to X server :0.
> Check the DISPLAY environment variable or use `-d'.
> Also use the `xhost' program to verify that it is set to permit
> connections from your machine.
>
> [sgupta AT sguptaxxxx /cygdrive/c]$
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ejfried AT ca DOT sandia DOT gov [mailto:ejfried AT ca DOT sandia DOT gov]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 12:07 PM
> To: Samir Gupta
> Subject: Re: looking for what is hopefully a simple answer for someone
> trying to use EMACS in cygwin
>
>
> I think Samir Gupta wrote:
> >
> > 2) why do I have to enter an IP address in the Display variable if I am
> > using cygwin on my local machine?  What would I do if I were not
connected
> > to a network?
>
> You can omit the address and the screen number -- i.e., set DISPLAY to
> ":0" and this will be fine. The local machine is then understood.
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Ernest Friedman-Hill
> Distributed Systems Research        Phone: (925) 294-2154
> Sandia National Labs                FAX:   (925) 294-2234
> PO Box 969, MS 9012                 ejfried AT ca DOT sandia DOT gov
> Livermore, CA 94550         http://herzberg.ca.sandia.gov
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