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Re: how to get a new window for bash?
- To: mike.fabian@it-mannesmann.de, cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
- Subject: Re: how to get a new window for bash?
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:04:17 -0700 (PDT)
- Reply-To: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com
--- Mike Fabian <mike.fabian@it-mannesmann.de> wrote:
>
> when I start the cygwin-bash with the cygnus.bat batch file,
> I get a cmd.exe-lookalike window where bash is running in.
The cygnus.bat file should start the bash executable for you.
>
> After typing `bash -i', I of course get a new sub shell in the same
> window.
>
> Is it possible to make the sub shell run in its own cmd.exe-like
> window? How to do that?
Yes. Create a shortcut and modify the properties of the shortcut.
>
> (I know that I can get a new window using rxvt, but that works only on
> a machine with an X-server.).
You wanna bet. ;^) Check the archives for the location of an rxvt that uses
the native Windows to operate.
===
Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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