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Re: The console window.
- To: Jens Yllman <jens at uniweb dot se>
- Subject: Re: The console window.
- From: Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 11:43:23 -0400
- CC: GNUWin32 <cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com>
- References: <397C4C47.44E46A6D@uniweb.se>
Most folks use rxvt or xterm; the 'normal' versions of those utilities
require an Xserver such as EXceed, XWin32, or Suhaib & Co's
*EXERIMENTAL* port of XFree86 4.0. However, there is a native port of
rxvt available at http://www.io.com/~bub/rxvt.html that doesn't require
an XServer.
--Chuck
Jens Yllman wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Haven't anyboy thought about making a console window for cygwin/bash.
> To be used instead of the cmd.exe in WinNT. The WinNT console is not
> very good since it's not very easy to copy text and other things. I
> don't know how the console works in Win2000. Maybe that is better.
>
> Just a thought. I hope nobody kills me if this have been discussed
> before. I did not search the archive. But I guess this need to be quite
> closely developed with bash.
>
> It is not that urgent anymore since you can setup so you can telnet
> into the system using som telnet program that works alot better then
> telnet under WinNT or the WinNT console.
>
> Just some thoughts from me. I don't mind helping with the development.
>
> Jens Yllman
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