Subject: Re: New version 1.4 of cygwin-mount.el available
From: Karel Sprenger <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: 06 Jun 2001 09:04:50 +0200

Hi,

>>> On Tue, 5 Jun 2001 19:30:07 +0200 , klaus berndl (kb) wrote:
kb> 
kb> ;; + Version 1.4, modified may 2001 by Klaus Berndl ([email-masked])
kb> ;;   - Now every cygdrive-prefix can be handled (see Commentary below).
kb> ;;   - All variables and functions have the prefix "cygwin-mount-".
kb> ;;   - Fixes two bugs: Now the match-data is never modified by the package.
kb> ;;
kb> 
kb> ;;; Commentary
kb> 
kb> ;; This package does all necessary so you can use cygwin-style filenames like
kb> ;; "//D/any/path/to/file" or "/cygdrive/D/any/path/to/file" in exactly the
kb> ;; same manner as the normal Windows-style filenames like
kb> ;; "D:\any\path\to\file" or "D:/any/path/to/file". NOTE: "/cygdrive/" is only
kb> ;; an example for the cygdrive-prefix (see
kb> ;; `cygwin-mount-cygdrive-prefix--internal'). cygwin-mount can handle every
kb> ;; cygdrive-prefix set by "mount --change-cygdrive-prefix" (e.g. "/" is also a
kb> ;; valid cygdrive-prefix). All UNC path-notations will work with cygwin-mount
kb> ;; too. For example cygwin-mount handles a path like //HOST/path correct.
kb> ;; Furthermore this package enables using all your cygwin-mounts in
kb> ;; file-operations. For example you can call all file-operations (e.g.
kb> ;; find-file) for a file named "/usr/bin/anyfile" if you have mounted the
kb> ;; related Windows-path to /usr/bin. The package also makes sure that ange-ftp
kb> ;; will work correct if you are using cygwin-mount.el.
kb> 
kb> Tested with Gnu Emacs >= 20.6 and cygwin 1.1.8 and cygwin >= 1.3.1.
kb> Not tested with prereleases of Gnu Emacs 21!
kb> 
kb> Please read the comments at beginning of the package.
kb> 
kb> here it is:
kb>  <<cygwin-mount.el>> 
kb> Enjoy,
kb> Klaus
kb> 

It is also available on http://paddington.ic.uva.nl/public/cygwin-mount.el.

Cheers,
Karel

-- 
Karel Sprenger, senior solution specialist
COMPAQ, Professional Services
Phone:  +31 (30) 283 4542           Private: +31 (20) 670 0942
E-mail: [email-masked]   Private: [email-masked]
"Memory fault -- core...uh...um...core... Oh dammit, I forget!"

--
Want to unsubscribe from this list?
Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple