The second debate

Here's the second debate between the Mexico 2012 presidential candidates in short:

• Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador: "My proposal is legitimate"
• Enrique Peña Nieto: "I'll solve everything if you legitimate me"
• Josefina Vazquez Mota: "I am legitimate for I am a woman"
• Gabriel Quadri de la Torre: "My proposal is that you legitimate me"

Not really enlightening if you ask me.

Problems with git push from Emacs in Windows XP

When I try to push to my GitHub repos, I have found that git push origin master just sits there indefinitely.

How did this happen and how do I solve it?

Let's begin.

My configuration is: Windows XP, RailsInstaller (Ruby 1.9, Rails 3.2), Emacs 23.3.

Some symptoms: I am running a Windows shell from Emacs with Meta-x shell and I try to push to GitHub.but the command just sits there indefinitely and ssh is not found so I can verify I am using the correct RSA public key.

The cause: The shell environment is not including the RailsInstaller path modifications.

(Sub-optimal) solution: Run the Git Bash shell found in Start > Programs > Rails > RailsInstaller and push from there.

A proper solution would be to include the environment variables that the RailsInstaller provides but, taking a look at the "Command Prompt with Ruby and Rails" shortcut found in the same location as Git Bash, it looks like I need to do more than some key punches as running Emacs from that shortcut is not useful either.

I'll try to keep this problem in mind if I find a solution in the future so I can update this post.

Bye!