RE: have installed cygwin, & "its" emacs. dired shows only subtree, no "up"

[Drew Adams]

> > FWIW, I second that - I too use Cygwin with native Windows 
> > Emacs. I use these two libraries. They are sufficient for me
> > (in GNU Emacs 20, 21, 22, 23).
> > http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/cygwin-mount.el
> > http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/setup-cygwin.el
> >
> > (when (and (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
> >            (require 'cygwin-mount nil t))
> >   (require 'setup-cygwin))
> 
> Thank you!
> When my wife gets back in 10 days, I'll ask her for
> "permission" to get NTemacs.

FWIW, I use GNU Emacs for Windows, from here:
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/

Or I use a development (Emacs 23) version from here:
http://ourcomments.org/cgi-bin/emacsw32-dl-latest.pl

For the latter, I personally use the "Download only latest Emacs unpatched as a
zip file" link, but many people prefer the patched version, which comes with its
own installer for Windows.

In any case, if you try Emacs 23, keep in mind that it is under development (=
not stable). I recommend any of the Emacs 22 releases (.1, .2, .3).
 
> I guess you can get FULL-SCREEN emacs display too?  (I hope!)

Just to be clear - I use Emacs with a window manager (Windows), not in console
mode (emacs -nw), and yes, I believe there is something like a full-screen mode.
That is, you can make an Emacs frame as big as your screen (which is not exactly
the same thing as maximize) - or bigger. Other people can answer better how
closely Emacs lets you get to a true full-screen mode - I'm no expert on that.

> Question: so that when-code lives in your standard .emacs?

Yes.

FYI, there is also an Emacs mailing list specifically for Windows:
help-emacs-windows@gnu.org