On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Rex Eastbourne wrote:
> Hi all,
> If I already have a program, such as Emacs, that comes with Cygwin,
> should I keep my own version, or get the Cygwin version? (The shell
> doesn't recognize the 'emacs' command, but I presume I can fix that by
> changing my $PATH). Are there any other advantages to the Cygwin
> versions?
The Cygwin versions of programs would understand Cygwin mounts and POSIX
paths, as well as signals. Other than that, the differences are likely to
be superficial (depending on the program).
Igor
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