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ssh to windows (cygwin) host --- shell not a tty?
- From: David Starks-Browning <starksb at ebi dot ac dot uk>
- To: dave-gnus at bfnet dot com
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:14:40 +0000
- Subject: ssh to windows (cygwin) host --- shell not a tty?
- References: <m3pu29i1mt.fsf@bfnet.com>
On 12 Mar 02, dave-gnus@bfnet.com writes:
> I can SSH to my cygwin on XP host no problem.
> I tried to run 'emacs -nw', and got:
>
> emacs: standard input is not a tty
>
> Um... is this something I can fix?
No(*). Use 'xemacs -nw' instead. You can build xemacs from source or
download a cygwin-compiled binary from <http://www.xemacs.org/>.
Sorry, I've been meaning to add this to the FAQ.
(*) Unless you want to port GNU Emacs to Cygwin. The Emacs Developers
would probably welcome your contribution. But this is not their list.
Regards,
David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)
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