Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 17:04:36 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Dave Pearson <davep AT hagbard DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: newbie needs help configuring emacs
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On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Dave Pearson wrote:

> [emacs]
> TERM=
> SHELL=c:/bin/bash -login
  ^^^^^^
This is OK, but it might have unexpected effect on some commands.  You
need to be aware that $SHELL is also used when running child programs e.g.
via `M-x compile' or `M-x grep' (these commands call the library function
`system' to run the command, and `system' will call the shell if the value
of $SHELL seems like a Unix-style shell).  I'm not sure -login is what you
want then.  I suggest you try to run a few such commands and see what you 
get.  In particular, try to submit a command with pipes and/or redirection 
to `M-x compile' (it should work).   If this makes trouble, I can suggest 
ways to work around them.