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")
(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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