Cygwin installation/configuration problem (scroll-bar)
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#24 Cygwin installation/configuration problem (scroll-bar)
Installed on Cygwin:
$ uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-5.1 STLWD302681 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 2008-06-12 19:34 i686 Cygwin
Running "emacs -nw filename" from the command prompt results in empty emacs buffer and a status bar message that says:
Symbol's function definition is void: set-scroll-bar-mode-1
A quick search identified the location of the problem:
$ find /usr -name '*.el' | xargs grep 'set-scroll-bar-mode-1'
/usr/share/elisp/emacro/lisp/e-macs.el: :set 'set-scroll-bar-mode-1)
The following change fixes the issue for me:
$ diff /usr/share/elisp/emacro/lisp/e-macs.el /usr/share/elisp/emacro/lisp/e-macs.el.old
105c105
< (unless (or (eq system-type 'cygwin) (eq system-type 'darwin)) ;OS X and Cygwin rxvt consoles hate scrollbars
---
> (unless (eq system-type 'darwin) ;OS X console hates scrollbars
It is somewhat incomplete because it simply causes scrolbar settings to be ignores for cygwin. If running under Cygwin+X that may not be what one expects. YMMV
The modified /usr/share/elisp/emacro/lisp/e-macs.el file