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On 4/12/2009 6:28 PM, Brandon Olivares wrote:
> I'm trying to start using emacs, but it keeps hanging, somewhat randomly.
> Usually it is a few minutes after I start it, and I haven't been able to
> notice a pattern. Other times it hangs when I try to close it. The window
> exits from emacs, but then it just shows the bash shell without the prompt
> redisplaying.

Are you running emacs in the window you get by running cygwin.bat?  If 
so, you might need to set CYGWIN=tty first.  Other alternatives are 
mentioned in http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-03/msg00459.html .  Yet 
another alternative is to use mintty.

Ken

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