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Andy Koppe writes:
> 2010/1/11 aputerguy
>> Note though that there are good reasons why I use ntEmacs and not
>> cygwin Emacs
>
> Such as?

Well 2 main reasons. 
First, I use emacs all the time and keep it open my whole session long. Now
sometimes when upgrading cygwin, I have found myself locked out of cygwin
applications (such as when base is upgraded) or I have had issues with the
cygwin dll itself crashing at times and giving errors. I also don't want to
have close out of all my emacs sessions when upgrading or playing around
with cygwin. I find it therefore helpful to have my emacs stable and running
independent of what I am doing with cygwin.

Second, I like having the full GUI version of emacs but I almost never have
X11 running since it just seems to add overhead to my machine, requires
extra configuration, and is a bit clunky (my laptop is on the slow side).

Third, and maybe less importantly, I use emacs as soon as I start setting up
a new machine to take notes on my setup and it takes a while before I get
cygwin running.

I LOVE cygwin as much as anybody else, just it seems to me that if there is
a good enough standalone app then why run it under cygwin...
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