Re: [h-e-w] no C-spc

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Francis Wright" <address@hidden>
> Cc: <address@hidden>,
>       <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:17:13 -0000
> > 
> > > It might be interesting to try the Cygwin version of Emacs, which 
> > > should be more like the Linux version.
> > 
> > I cannot imagine this would make any difference: Cygwin 
> > programs are Windows executables, and as such, must use 
> > Windows APIs for reading the keyboard.  There's no Linux 
> > kernel working anywhere when a Cygwin program runs.
> 
> I thought Cygwin programs used Unix APIs provided by the Cygwin libraries,
> in particular cygwin1.dll.  Presumably the Cygwin emulation layer could read
> the keyboard in the same way that Linux programs do, although I don't know
> what happens in practice.

Emacs does use Posix APIs, but those Posix APIs use Windows APIs under
the hood.  IOW, cygwin1.dll doesn't bypass the Windows APIs, but
rather sits above them.