A Unix like environment for those stuck in NT hell. It gives you bash and lots of small NT utilities. This is a Java IDE for Emacs which makes life with Java much nicer. In particualr, I like jpack , jdok , jserial , and jsee . It's useful on Unix too but more useful on NT as it allows you to use a single instance of emacs for all your work instead of starting multiple emacs sessions which don't know about each other.
Installation Install the various packages listed above as per their instructions.
Most of very simple installs, either just unzip or step through the install shield. You can also see the JDE commands available within emacs by viewing the output from M-x apropos with an argument of jde since almost all jde commands start with jde . Read the NTEmacs docs or skim my NT elisp file for details on what I do to get these and other NT specific item working. To understand the various features available, read through the JDE User's Guide . In particular, almost everyone should find Jikes and Jad useful.