new FAQ entry for GNU Emacs

Thu Mar 21 08:30:00 GMT 2002

Hi,
While you're at it, you might consider mentioning the following Emacs
Lisp hack in the FAQ. This allows GNU Emacs to follow Cygwin
symlinks. This hack is based on a version covering only the !<symlink>
style symlinks that was posted by someone else to the list years ago,
but I think I never posted this extended version which also covers the
.lnk style symlinks. While it appears to work for me, I'd appreciate
some testing by other GNU Emacs/Cygwin users.
;; follow cygwin symlinks. Handles old-style (text file) symlinks and new-style
;; (.lnk file) symlinks
(defun follow-cygwin-symlink ()
 (save-excursion
 (goto-char 0)
 (if (looking-at "L\x000\x000\x000\x001\x014\x002\x000\x000\x000\x000\x000\x0C0\x000\x000\x000\x000\x000\x000\x046\x00C")
 (progn
 (re-search-forward "\x000\$[-A-Za-z0-9_\\.\\\\\\$%@(){}~!#^'`][-A-Za-z0-9_\\.\\\\\\$%@(){}~!#^'`]+\$")
 (find-alternate-file (match-string 1)))
 (if (looking-at "!<symlink>")
 (progn
 (re-search-forward "!<symlink>\$.*\$0円")
 (find-alternate-file (match-string 1))))
 )))
(add-hook 'find-file-hooks 'follow-cygwin-symlink)

regards,
Markus
David Starks-Browning writes:
 > There is a new FAQ entry about GNU Emacs and Cygwin, addressing the
 > common questions. In addition, it tells you where to find
 > cygwin-mount.el, by Klaus Berndl. This bit of elisp makes Emacs aware
 > of your Cygwin mount table.
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