Re: [h-e-w] Unix utilities for Emacs on MS Windows

[Jason Rumney]

Lennart Borgman wrote:

> Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote:
>
> >    ;; Make NT Emacs understand Cygwin paths
> >    (when (locate-library "cygwin-mount")
> >      (require 'cygwin-mount)
> >      (cygwin-mount-activate)))
>
> The idea of optionally loading cygwin-mount I will however steal from 
> you, thanks ;-)

Perhaps slightly tidier:
(when (require 'cygwin-mount nil t)
  (cygwin-mount-activate))

> One thing that I at the moment have commented out is setting of 
> process-coding-system-alist, because I do not understand when it is 
> needed. I myself is using CVS Emacs (the developers version) and that 
> might be the reason, but I do not know. Can you maybe explain why and 
> when it is needed?

Cygwin programs require (and output) Unix line ends.  Since about 20.3, 
Emacs has automatically detected Cygwin programs and set the 
coding-system for talking to them appropriately.