Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Subject: Re: Horrid Configuration - more data. Help Please To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Cc: d DOT l DOT whiteley AT ee DOT leeds DOT ac DOT uk X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0 March 30, 1999 Message-ID: From: szeil AT notesmail DOT cs DOT odu DOT edu Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 14:06:27 -0400 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on lotus/ODUCS(Release 5.0.3 |March 21, 2000) at 08/04/2000 02:06:38 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Some thoughts: 1) Configure xemacs to use bash as its shell when launching programs (I do this with ntemacs). Then students can use the emacs compile command without knowing they are in a different shell. 2) Take a look at VIDE from www.objectcentral.com It may soothe the tempers of some of your more resistant folks who are likely to be unhappy with a command-line compiler when they're probably used to graphic IDEs 3) Consider setting the emacs (or vide) shortcut to launch a batch file that first sets the appropriate environment variables and then runs the "real" program, or that runs the editor from within bash using bash -c SJZ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com