That does not work for some reason, here is what happens when I open up a tcsh shell (without my .tcshrc):
[sgupta@sguptaxxxx /cygdrive/c]$ echo $DISPLAY :0 [sgupta@sguptaxxxx /cygdrive/c]$ emacs emacs: Cannot connect to X server :0. Check the DISPLAY environment variable or use `-d'. Also use the `xhost' program to verify that it is set to permit connections from your machine. [sgupta@sguptaxxxx /cygdrive/c]$ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 12:07 PM To: Samir Gupta Subject: Re: looking for what is hopefully a simple answer for someone trying to use EMACS in cygwin I think Samir Gupta wrote: > > 2) why do I have to enter an IP address in the Display variable if I am > using cygwin on my local machine? What would I do if I were not connected > to a network? You can omit the address and the screen number -- i.e., set DISPLAY to ":0" and this will be fine. The local machine is then understood. --------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Friedman-Hill Distributed Systems Research Phone: (925) 294-2154 Sandia National Labs FAX: (925) 294-2234 PO Box 969, MS 9012 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Livermore, CA 94550 http://herzberg.ca.sandia.gov -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/