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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:20:04 -0400
From: Ken Brown <kbrown AT cornell DOT edu>
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On 4/13/2009 5:06 PM, Brandon Olivares wrote:
> I'm noticing not all built-in key bindings are working. I'm trying to set a
> mark, and read that you use C-@ or C-SPC, but neither are working. C-@ does
> nothing, and C-SPC inserts a space.
>
> It tells me C-M-\ should indent the region, but it doesn't do so.
>   

This is a terminal issue.  The key bindings work fine if you run emacs 
under X (which is the way I almost always use it) or under mintty.  They 
probably work under rxvt also, but I haven't tried that.  You may have 
to remove tty from your CYGWIN variable if you use these other 
terminals.  (I'm not positive about that.)

> By the way, I know ruby-mode comes with version 22 and higher I think. Will
> the emacs package in Cygwin be upgraded soon?

The emacs maintainer has been having problems building new versions.  See

    http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-02/msg00354.html

If no one else volunteers, I'll offer to help get it done.  At this 
point, however, it probably makes sense to wait for emacs 23, which 
should be released fairly soon.  Also, emacs 22 and 23 need to be built 
with gcc4, and I'd like to wait until that's no longer experimental.  If 
you're impatient, you can install Angelo Graziosi's build:

    http://www.webalice.it/angelo.graziosi/cygwin/emacs/Emacs.html

Ken

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