Thanks for the response. Same result with 'emacs -Q' as well, i'm afraid.
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Ken Brown <kbr...@cornell.edu> wrote: > On 8/1/2016 1:01 PM, Brian Kuhn wrote: >> >> Has anyone else encountered this issue running Emacs lately and found >> resolution? >> >> For me, Emacs will not start an editing session. After typing “emacs” >> at the command prompt, there is a brief pause while I remain at the >> bash shell, and Instead I remain in the bash shell, and after you see >> a pause after typing “emacs” at the command prompt, and then you see a >> new command prompt. > > > Try 'emacs -Q' to rule out a problem in your emacs initialization files. > >> Observation: Emacs reports version 24.5.1 from the command line no >> matter which version was installed. For example, if I install 24.5-2, >> $emacs -version reports 24.5.1. The Cygwin installer subsequently >> reports 24.5-2. > > > This is a common source of confusion. The ".1" in "24.5.1" has nothing to > do with the Cygwin release number "-2". (It's actually a build counter and > should just be ignored.) > > Ken > > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Brian Kuhn 414.305.6660 brian.k...@gmail.com -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
