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From:	Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date:	Mon, 18 Sep 2000 12:56:08 -0400
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Subject:	Re: Simple question
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On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 06:39:53PM +0200, Heinz-Juergen Oertel wrote:
>Matthew Sundling wrote:
>> Is there anyway I can obtain that other 'mystery' proram I had
>> originally on my machine?  Can I configure cygwin to act more
>> like an xterm box?  Can I scroll in a regular cygwin window
>> though the output history?  Am I missing something really simple
>> here?
>> 
>
>May be you have had installed rxvt - an xterm like console application
>that can run a bash shell.
>It's not a separate Cygwin Version, its only one application.
>can be started from the desktop and does need an X-server.
>
>
> http://www.io.com/~bub/rxvt.html 

Alternatively, under Windows NT or 2K, you can go into a console window's
Properties->Layout menu and increase the screen buffer size height to something
huge.

For Windows 9x, Chuck Wilson has a couple of solutions:

http://cygutils.netpedia.net/unversioned/consize/

cgf

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