Re: compiling emacs/nt from cvs using cygwin tools

[emacs user]

Le Wang wrote:
> emacs user wrote:
> > Hi...
> >
> > having read various emacs instruction files, I got emacs from cvs, got
> > into cygwin bash prompt on a cygwin xterm, and
> > cd emacs
> > make maintainer-clean
> > cd emacs/nt
> > configure.bat
> > make bootstrap.
> >
>
> try the unix build instructions:  "./configure && make && make install"
>
> In my experience the "nt" folder is for MingW and MSVC, although the
> docs don't explicitly say that.

they indeed dont say that.

> Also, I've found compiling against
> Cygwin results in sluggish binaries.  I use MingW, MSVC probably works
> well too.
>

the pure cygwin port of the cvs gnu emacs compiles well but is
hopelessly unstable (crashes all the time for me) and seems not well
maintained right now.

thanks in any case, EU