From: David Karr <davidmichaelkarr@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Proper way to run emacs from desktop
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 21:57:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAA5t8Vo22P5YLkPNpUNY7d8BWSA7RSEuMi66WH-6oWtUj+-EvA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9c416ff2-1d4b-988d-9161-30c17234d156@cornell.edu>
On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu> wrote:
> On 11/1/2017 1:08 PM, David Karr wrote:
>>
>> I install Cygwin every couple of years and then use it continuously
>> without updates between those installations. I installed it on a new
>> laptop today, and I'm trying to work through issues.
>>
>> The current issue is running Emacs from the desktop.
>>
>> I had a shortcut working for a long time that does the following:
>> -------------
>> C:\cygwin64\bin\run2.exe --display 127.0.0.1:0.0 /usr/local/bin/emacs.xml
>> -------------
>>
>> The "run2" application doesn't appear to exist. I checked my notes,
>> and I can't tell whether I installed this from somewhere else the last
>> time I did this.
>
>
> Just install the run2 package. It's still available.
Ok. I find the search facility in setup somewhat confusing. I
couldn't find it before. I found it now, and I've installed it.
Then I had to remember the other conversation we had last year about
creating "/usr/local/bin/emacs.xml". Now all working.
Thanks.
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-01 17:08 David Karr
2017-11-01 19:57 ` Ken Brown
2017-11-01 21:57 ` David Karr [this message]
2017-11-02 16:29 ` Jon Turney
2017-11-02 17:41 ` David Karr
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