RE: [h-e-w] bash and tex-shell

[David Starks-Browning]

On Saturday 18 May 02, Underwood, Jonathan writes:
> Hi
> 
> ...
> 
> 1) Don't put the cygwin binary directory on your path. Actually it's
> generally a BAD idea to put the cygwin binary directory on your path, as
> explained in the cygwin manual etc. Why the ntemacs and cygwin FAQ's
> instruct you to do so is a mystery to me.

I agree it's a bad idea to have C:\cygwin\bin anywhere in your default
Windows path.  But if you want to use Cygwin apps from within NT-Emacs
(find, diff, make, ...), then it makes sense to add this, as I have in
the Cygwin FAQ:

        (setq exec-path (cons "C:/cygwin/bin" exec-path))
        (setenv "PATH" (concat "C:\\cygwin\\bin;" (getenv "PATH")))

I agree that this breaks down if the Cygwin TeX distribution (or *any*
Cygwin app for that matter) doesn't work well with NT-Emacs.  I could
add that caviat to the Cygwin FAQ.

Thanks for your work on this, Jonathan!

Regards,
David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)