Re: Latin1 language environment breaks Cygwin shell buffer

[Harald . Maier . BW]

>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Hanchrow <offby1@blarg.net> writes:

    Eric> (set-language-environment "Latin-1")

    Eric> (setq shell-file-name "c:/cygwin/bin/bash") (setq
    Eric> explicit-shell-file-name "c:/cygwin/bin/bash")

    Eric> (shell)

    Eric> You will, not surprisingly, see a "*shell*" buffer appear.
    Eric> Now switch to that buffer with C-x o, and hit the Enter key
    Eric> -- you'll see

    Eric>       $ : command not found

I had a similar problem on a German system. My workaround was to set
the LANG variable in the control panel / system dialog to "C". Then
all worked fine.

Harald