Stephen Leake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Running OpenSSH from an Emacs shell buffer doesn't work when you are >> with Cygwin. See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.windows/2564 > > This is a little strong. > > I use Cygwin 'ssh' under Emacs a lot. What doesn't work is when ssh > tries to prompt for a passphrase, or for other user input (like "do > you want to save this host"). > > So I launch ssh-agent, do ssh-add, then launch emacs. I also do the > first login to any machine outside Emacs; after that I can use ssh > quite nicely under Emacs. > > It could be better, but it's functional.
I'll document it this way in Tramp. But given the amount of reported problems, recommending PuTTY as default when running a native GNU Emacs seems to be more robust. Best regards, Michael.
