[ESS] R in Cygwin Emacs

[Richard M. Heiberger]

> @Richard,
>
>> file ess/lisp/ess-compat.el checks for w32-short-file-name on Xemacs
>> and sets it if it is missing to either 'win32-short-file-name or
>> 'mswindows-short-file-name
>>
>> The message you quote is given when none of those names exist.
>>
>> If you can find the correct builtin function in cygwin emacs we can
>> add that, too.  Since 8.3 names are part of MS DOS, you might even be
>> able to write it based on the DOS command dir /x
>
> I did not find any equivalent function (searching with `M-x
> apropos-function' on "w32.*file") in Cygwin Emacs. But, maybe, I (would)
> have to load extra packages?


Try looking for "short".