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Re: Simple issues with X and Emacs/XEmacs
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:45:26 -0400
- Subject: Re: Simple issues with X and Emacs/XEmacs
- References: <4BA5056251714C2B8EE1B0CDEBF5F7D7@corp.real.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 11:32:02AM -0700, David Karr wrote:
>It's been a few years since I've installed a new Cygwin installation. I
>used to use XEmacs in Cygwin, and it worked reasonably well. I could get it
>to start up in a regular MS Windows window, I believe without having to use
>an X server.
>
>I just installed Cygwin again on a new box, and I'm having trouble getting
>either Emacs or XEmacs to do anything useful. Both Emacs and XEmacs
>complain that they can't connect to the X server, although I can get rxvt to
>work.
>
>When I run "startx", it gives me a dumb window manager (no decorations). I
>can at least start Emacs and XEmacs now, but the Emacs font is unusable
>(just open boxes). XEmacs appears to be basically working.
>
>I ran through the Cygwin user guide already, but these kinds problems aren't
>addressed there (as far as I can tell).
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