RE: Bash appears to have changed...

2003-01-08 Thread Andrew Mayer
Ok, that seems to have solved most of it, however the file permission still initialize incorrectly. For the record: I'm using an up-to-date WinXP Sp1...a fresh install from a week ago, and Cygwin DLL 1.3.18-1 (and I was earlier too). After I got your response I did the following: 1) I set a Win

Bash appears to have changed...

2003-01-08 Thread Andrew Mayer
Hi Folks, I'm not a daily user, but all of this worked a few months ago. I haven't made any changes to any of my dotfiles in that time. However, I just updated all of Cygwin this weekend and now things aren't so smooth. I enclose an brief annotated rxvt session. Can anyone replicate or decipher

Re: Quirky Emacs behavior -- any ideas?

2003-01-06 Thread Andrew Mayer
Well, when I try: M-x describe-function RET documentation RET I get: Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-number-of-arguments #[(new-pos old-pos &optional escape-from-edge only-in-line inh$ ^K^L^M%\211^P;\2035^@\310^N^N^H\"\2035^@\311^H\312\224\312\225#@\211^^^O\313 N\2034^@\314^N^O!^P \2044^@\3

Quirky Emacs behavior -- any ideas?

2002-12-31 Thread Dr. Andrew Mayer
Hi Folks, Does this jog anyone's memory? New XP SP1 install, new cygwin install (full) Quirk #1: When I launch Emacs, I get this scratch buffer popping up which reads: ** ad-Orig-documentation called with 5 arguments, but accepts only 1-2 Then, I notice that apropos is broken. For example, i

RE: talk(1) on WinXP -- perplexing behavior 1/2 solved

2001-12-22 Thread Dr. Andrew Mayer
Ok...I figured out that my binding order was backwards. FYI, should anyone Need to know how to fix that problem: Right click on the "My Network Places" desktop icon. From the pop-up menu, chose Properties. From the Advanced drop down menu, choose Advanced Settings.

inetd -- service wont start at boottime on Win XP (add me to the pile)

2001-12-21 Thread Dr. Andrew Mayer
Subject: inetd -- service wont start at boottime on Win XP (add me to the pile) Like many others, I can't seem to get inetd started at boottime as a service. Without much effort I can get it to setup as a service set to 'automatic,' but it wont start on its own. After I boot and login I have to

talk(1) on WinXP -- perplexing behavior

2001-12-21 Thread Dr. Andrew Mayer
Subject: talk(1) on WinXP -- perplexing behavior Hi folks, I'm having lots of trouble getting talk(1) to work correctly. I've read the documentation, man pages, mailing-list archives etc but to no avail. My Cygwin system is set up on a WinXP Box running ICF/ICS (Microsoft's Internet Connection