From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23269 invoked by alias); 4 Nov 2011 16:18:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 23258 invoked by uid 22791); 4 Nov 2011 16:18:43 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-vw0-f43.google.com (HELO mail-vw0-f43.google.com) (209.85.212.43) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:18:20 +0000 Received: by vws13 with SMTP id 13so2906058vws.2 for ; Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:18:19 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.36.41 with SMTP id n9mr15491153vdj.41.1320423499897; Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:18:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.117.212 with HTTP; Fri, 4 Nov 2011 09:18:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4EB3F4F7.4070608@redhat.com> References: <20111104030339.GB7994@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4EB3F4F7.4070608@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:18:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [ITP] win-ssh-agent 1.07 From: Nayuta Taga To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2011-11/txt/msg00026.txt.bz2 2011/11/4 Corinna Vinschen:> On Nov =A04 15:37, Nayuta Taga wrote:>> (1) I want to use it because the cygwin emacs does not have its own>> windows. =A0The cygwin emacs works only in the terminal.> Try xemacs. It has a Windows GUI fallback mode if there's no X display. It's nice! I'll try it. >> (2) I want to run it from the start menu or the Windows 7's task bar>> = =A0 =A0 (not from the cygwin bash shell). =A0It is the window's style to ru= n>> =A0 =A0 applications.>> You can start it from the start menu via a bash= script which pulls in> the SSH_* environment before starting emacs. Yes, I can. 2011/11/4 Eric Blake:>>>>> With the win-ssh-agent, we can use the ssh-agent (available inthe>>>>> cygwin openssh) in the more smart way.>>>>> Normally, we need to start all relevant programs, which mightneed to>> I'm not sure why your mail came through so garbled, but the large number of> missing spaces in your message distracts from your attempt to appear> professional in offering a package. I'm sorry for missing spaces. =A0I don't know why this happened ... >> (3) I want to use the tramp ( http://www.gnu.org/s/tramp/ ) in the>> =A0= =A0 ntemacs. =A0With it, I can treat documents on the remote machine>> =A0= =A0 as if they are on the local machine by:>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0C-x C= -f /sshx:usernamehostname:~/remote-file>> Have you tried using the emac= s that ships with cygwin? =A0It includes> tramp.elc already built in, witho= ut needing a separate download. The URL is just a information for someone who are not familiar withthe tramp. =A0I didn't download it from there. > Unless you can give an example where an app in the cygwin distro would be= > benefitted by adding a gui front-end to setting up the ssh-agent, and why= > existing mechanisms of starting any cygwin app via a simple shell script>= wrapper that attaches to $HOME/.keychain/${HOSTNAME}-sh if already present= ,> then I don't see why the cygwin distro needs win-ssh-agent. =A0I'm not s= aying> that win-ssh-agent is bad (on the contrary, it does seem to help you= r use> case of ntemacs), just that since your primary use case demonstratio= n was as> a stand-alone app for helping other non-cygwin apps, and not some= thing that> fills a void for interaction with existing cygwin apps. Ok. =A0I understand why win-ssh-agent should be distributed separatelyfrom the cygwin's distro. Thanks for your valuable feedback. =A0I withdraw this ITP.-- Nayuta Taga