Re: [h-e-w] NTEmacs, CVS, ssh, and bash

[Harald Maier]

Phillip Lord <address@hidden> writes:

> Dear all
>
>
> I've just started using NTEmacs again. I've just got a new laptop and
> decided to try using windows again, having been on a linux system for
> ages. 
>
>
> I'm using cygwin as my internal shell. I'm quite happy to use unix
> terminators. I'm an enormous fan of pcl-cvs, and VC in general. My
> question is, which is the best way to get pcl-cvs and ssh working
> together? Do I use putty/plink/pagent and win32 native CVS. Or cygwin
> ssh/cvs/ssh-agent/keychain?
>
> Currently I'm trying the latter. I've tried setting CVS_RSH in my
> shell. This seem to not be read in an non interactive shell (M-x
> shell-command shows CVS_RSH is not set). I've set it in .bashrc, and
> symlinked in .bash_profile, and .bash_login. 

cygwin/ssh Works fine for me. I am setting the CVS_RSH in the 'control
panel/system/extented/environment variables' (translated from German). 
Additional I set too the emacs variable

  (setq explicit-shell-file-name "bash.exe")

Harald