Emacs on Cygwin

Install Cygwin/X

1. Install Cygwin/X, X Windows on Windows , remember to select packages, like, emacs

2. Add below script to C:\cygwin\home\user\.bashrc

export DISPLAY=:0.0

2. Start XWin Server

3. Type command on shell to start Emacs

$ emacs

Install color-theme for emacs

1. Download , file: color-theme-6.6.0.zip

2. Extract color-theme-6.6.0.zip to C:\cygwin\home\user\.emacs.d

3. Create file, C:\cygwin\home\user\.emacs

4. Add below script to file, .emacs

(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/color-theme-6.6.0/")

Change Emacs theme

1. Open Emacs on Cygwin (Turn on X Server and type: emacs)

2. Type: 'M-x load-library'; then type: 'color-theme'

3. Type: 'M-x color-theme-select'

Set user's default theme

Put below scripts to file .emacs

 (require 'color-theme)  (color-theme-initialize)  (color-theme-robin-hood)

Last script 'robin-hood' is the name of theme

Reference: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ColorTheme#toc15

Check load-path

'C-h v load-path RET'

Reference

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/LoadPath

http://cygwin.com/xfree/docs/ug/setup.html

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/LoadPath#toc1

http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/color-theme/

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ColorTheme