X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Fredrik Staxeng Subject: Re: Did anyone download the Windows 7 beta? Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:06:47 +0100 Lines: 37 Message-ID: <1mbpuedmag.fsf@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> References: <20090111045611 DOT GA8602 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Christopher Faylor writes: Backspace dowes not work at the momemt, so you'll have to suffer all my spelling errors and greneral steeam-of-consciusness style. it's not pretty , i know, but I dont have very much time nowe. i need to restore the old drive in this machine before tomorrow so that i can work. i have installed windows 7, and cygwin on that. unfortunalety it does not work very well . i am wtriting this in an xterm m winfow on windows 7, sshd to a linux box. hence the backspace key sends control-h, y * soory * I had to scream . >limited testing it seemed to be ok. vim worked, bash worked, ssh and >sshd worked. but not emacxs. fi i'll tyry to list some problems. - soory, i really have a hard time keeping my fingers off the backspace key. - the cygwin command prompt works - emacs brings up the welcomme message, but when I do CX CF on a shell scrippt file it han gs , going into a lopp peeging one of the cores - the startwi XWin server menu item brings up the server, and a copule of other windows flaash by. - starting xterm from the cygwin prompt i get the old ddl failure, o so I did do a rebaseall - the starting xterm works, so I can d ssh and post this Now, on linux the backspace key sends }}In 127. Please make that the default. It's the right thing for us emacs users, and it does not hurt anybody else. -- Fredrik Stax\"ang | rot13: sfgk AT hcqngr DOT hh DOT fr This is all you need to know about vi: ESC : q ! RET -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/