I gave up with the Cygwin version and switched to the native port (http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/windows/ http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/windows/). Some Cy

I gave up with the Cygwin version and switched to the native port (http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/windows/ http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/windows/). Some Cygwin integration is supported by adding to .emacs: (require 'cygwin-mount) (setq cygwin-mount-cygwin-bin-directory "C:/cygwin/bin") (cygwin-mount-activate) And I use the following alias to open files directly from bash: alias emacs='D:/tools/emacs-22.3/bin/emacsclient.exe --no-wait --alternate-editor=D:/tools/emacs-22.3/bin/runemacs.exe'