From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from seine.is.ed.ac.uk (seine.is.ed.ac.uk [129.215.17.202]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5F5C338708CD for ; Fri, 26 Jun 2020 09:35:36 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 5F5C338708CD Received: from crunchie.inf.ed.ac.uk (crunchie.inf.ed.ac.uk [129.215.202.41]) by seine.is.ed.ac.uk (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 05Q9ZYGn006707 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 26 Jun 2020 10:35:34 +0100 Received: from ecclerig.inf.ed.ac.uk (ecclerig.inf.ed.ac.uk [129.215.24.151]) by crunchie.inf.ed.ac.uk (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 05Q9ZYLb003348; Fri, 26 Jun 2020 10:35:34 +0100 Received: from ecclerig.inf.ed.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ecclerig.inf.ed.ac.uk (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 05Q9ZYMs021646; Fri, 26 Jun 2020 10:35:34 +0100 Received: (from ht@localhost) by ecclerig.inf.ed.ac.uk (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id 05Q9ZXqk021645; Fri, 26 Jun 2020 10:35:33 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: ecclerig.inf.ed.ac.uk: ht set sender to ht@inf.ed.ac.uk using -f To: Jon Turney Cc: The Cygwin Mailing List Subject: Re: Fonts: Cygwin/X, ssh -Y, TigerVNC -- who's in charge? References: <9e8c061f-0da2-2c42-a5f6-9a899b3c3e4a@dronecode.org.uk> From: "Henry S. Thompson" Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 10:35:33 +0100 In-Reply-To: <9e8c061f-0da2-2c42-a5f6-9a899b3c3e4a@dronecode.org.uk> (Jon Turney's message of "Thu\, 25 Jun 2020 22\:43\:58 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1012 (Gnus v5.10.12) XEmacs/21.5-b34 (linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Edinburgh-Scanned: at seine.is.ed.ac.uk with MIMEDefang 2.84, Sophie, Sophos Anti-Virus, Clam AntiVirus X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 129.215.17.202 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 09:35:38 -0000 Jon Turney writes: > On 18/06/2020 17:53, Henry S. Thompson via Cygwin wrote: >> [Warning, gnarly X-windows issues below, read at your own risk] >> >> I run XEmacs on several Linux servers, and sometimes (always for the >> time being) access them via (Cygwin) ssh -Y and/or (Windows)TigerVNC. > > I'm not sure if you're using 'XEmacs' here to refer to 'GNU Emacs as > an X11 client' or 'XEmacs (the fork derived from Lucid Emacs)' The latter. It's been moth-balled, but still works, and even compiles from source. > [lots of useful info] Thanks very much for taking the time to give detailed and useful answers. I'll read your earlier post and do some more experimentation. Thanks, ht -- Henry S. Thompson, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: ht@inf.ed.ac.uk URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/ [mail from me _always_ has a .sig like this -- mail without it is forged spam] The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.