Instructions to prepare your environment
Download the cygwin bundle.
Click on setup ;) to install Cygwin.
You don't need to run the installer as admin.
Chose "Install from Local Directory".
Chose you root directory, i.e., where Cygwin
will be installed
Install for : "Just Me", Default Text File Type :
"Unix"
Local package directory : where you unziped the bundle
Select the components you want to install : "Emacs-X11"
and "openssh"
Cygwin builds a linux-like file tree where you ask it to get
installed. Your home directory is in
$CYGWIN\home\your_login_name.
Download the Tramp bundle,
copy it in your Cygwin home directory.
Run Cygwin. Then you have a prompt, begining with $
Untar the Tramp bundle: $ tar -xzf tramp.tgz.
Now configure ssh:
Copy this file in your .ssh
directory. This is used to configure SSH.
Copy the key in your .ssh
directory.
You have a few fields to change in the .ssh/config
file. Line 5, you have to enter the IP address of my
laptop, and line 6 your have to enter a port number that
will be given at the begining of the lab.
To launch Cygwin / X, double-click on
$YOUR_CYGWIN_DIR$\cygwin, the type startx.
If you want to edit a text file, use emacs. To open a file:
CTRL+X CTRL+F. You will want to use tramp to edit remote
files, then: CTRL+X CTRL+F /tp:ant. To save the current
buffer: CTRL+X CTRL+S
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Camille Coti
Last modified: Wed Oct 25 13:14:30 CEST 2006