diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index 78a0aa3bd..b331291c3 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2009-02-12 Corinna Vinschen + + * faq-using.xml: First cut on Emacs. + 2009-02-12 Corinna Vinschen * faq-setup.xml: Revamp for Cygwin 1.7. diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml index 8a49b1423..ea5caa9b3 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml @@ -800,10 +800,8 @@ interfere with the normal functioning of Cygwin. Is there a Cygwin port of GNU Emacs? -Yes! It uses the X11 (http://cygwin.com/xfree/) Windows -interface. From a remote login shell, this ``emacs -nw'' works fine. -There is also a non-X11 version which just provides the text-only -terminal interface. Use Cygwin Setup to install either one (or both). +Yes. It uses the X11 (http://cygwin.com/xfree/) GUI. Right now the package is old and outdated. +Consider using XEmacs for now. @@ -811,10 +809,10 @@ terminal interface. Use Cygwin Setup to install either one (or both). What about NT Emacs? -If you want GNU Emacs with a native Microsoft Windows interface, but -without X, then you must use the native Windows port, commonly known -as ``NT Emacs''. You get NT Emacs from any GNU mirror. It is not -available from Cygwin Setup. +If you want GNU Emacs with a native Microsoft GUI interface, then +you can either use XEmacs (see below), or you can fetch a native NT Emacs +from http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/windows/. See also the README file you get from the +same place. NT Emacs uses the Windows command shell by default. Since it is not a Cygwin application, it has no knowledge of Cygwin mounts. With those @@ -849,7 +847,7 @@ settings are for Emacs 21.1: cygwin-mount.el from http://www.emacswiki.org/elisp/index.html. Note that all of this ``just works'' if you use the Cygwin port of -Emacs from Cygwin Setup. +Emacs or XEmacs from Cygwin Setup.