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diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml index 0830ef073..41eb14624 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml @@ -820,8 +820,14 @@ interfere with the normal functioning of Cygwin. <question><para>Is there a Cygwin port of GNU Emacs?</para></question> <answer> -<para>Yes. It uses the X11 (<ulink url="http://cygwin.com/xfree/">http://cygwin.com/xfree/</ulink>) GUI. Right now the package is old and outdated. -Consider using XEmacs for now. +<para>Yes. Install the emacs package. This provides everything you +need in order to run GNU emacs in a terminal window. If you also want +to be able to use the X11 +(<ulink url="http://cygwin.com/xfree/">http://cygwin.com/xfree/</ulink>) +GUI, install the emacs-X11 package. In either case, you run emacs by +typing 'emacs' or '/usr/bin/emacs'. If you run emacs in the cygwin +console, be sure that your CYGWIN environment variable contains tty. +See /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/emacs.README for further information. </para> </answer></qandaentry> |