Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Sender: cwilson AT ee DOT gatech DOT edu Message-ID: <36DAD02D.AFCADA4D@ece.gatech.edu> Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 12:36:47 -0500 From: Charles Wilson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; U; HP-UX B.10.20 9000/777) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Collins , cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: empty bash window References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit John Collins wrote: > I'm working with a group that is in the process of migrating Java > development to emacs/NT, JDE, and cygwin make. I've found that the JDE > "build" command, which uses the emacs "compile" function, runs make as a > subprocess. If you do this with the "standard" NT emacs shortcut, the > underlying shell is the NT command processor, and make barfs. If you > explicitly start emacs from bash, then everything works as expected. > > So, I tried modifying the shortcut for starting emacs to look like > > "bash -c emacs" > > and it works, except I get an extra, empty bash window. > > Now to the question: Is there a way to start emacs under bash without that > extra window cluttering up the screen? Or do I need to re-define the compile > command to use "bash -c make" instead of just make? > > Thanks. > > John Collins > > KeyTech LLC > You could _try_ run.exe, which executes any console-mode program without showing the console. It's available from ftp://belgarion.resnet.gatech.edu/pub/run/run-1.1.4.tar.gz. It's licensed under the GPL. --Chuck -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com