Re: [h-e-w] Unable to launch cygwin bash (M-x shell) in win 7 64 bit

[Sivaram Neelakantan]

On Wed, Aug 01 2012,Stephen Leake wrote:
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>
> However, I get one default prompt, then the prompt I've set. That's
> because .emacs_bash is run as the first command the shell executes; it
> is created, gives one prompt, then runs .emacs_bash.
>
> So is this only on the first line for you? Do subsequent command lines
> show the prompt you've set?
>
> Can you set PS1 from the command line, after the shell is created?

Looks like (require 'setup-cygwin) was interfering with HOME and other
details and that's why things were getting borked.  Removed the above
package and it reads the .enacs_bash file correctly. 

Thanks, once again, for your help.  I set it to 

PS1="\e[0;address@hidden:\$ \e[m "

 sivaram
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