Mail Archives: cygwin/2001/05/03/20:22:54
Andy Piper wrote:
>
> Louis Bohm wrote:
>
> > I do not know about the other points you made but I can tell you that
> the scroll
> > bars do work when you are running rxvt. Maybe you should try that instead.
>
> So let me understand this, in order to get a functional terminal I have to
> use a package that is not even shipped with the standard install? No
> standard user is ever going to do this, they are just going to get hacked
> off with it being broken. A better reason for using rxvt might be because
> its faster.
>
> Maybe everyone in the know uses rxvt and that's why the standard terminal
> is not so great?
It was only a suggestion -- not an official recommendation. Louis was
just trying to solve your problem by offering a solution that worked for
him. Would you rather he (and everyone else) ignored your problems?
Anyway, 1) a native port of rxvt will soon be in the standard install,
pending a couple of bugfixes, IIRC. 2) I think most people DO use the
standard terminal. I use an Xport of rxvt with an Xserver; others use
the native rxvt port. Most poeple probably use "bash in a dosbox" just
like you do. 3) the standard terminal runs inside the @#!!&$@#
dain-bramaged microsoft cmd shell. Or command shell. Depending on your
OS. And cmd.exe and command.com both work differently. Worse, cmd.exe
works differently on NT and 2K. C'mon, it's a difficult task: translate
vt100/linux style terminal codes and make them "do the right thing" --
IF POSSIBLE -- inside that trashy MS console window. Cut us *some*
slack, okay?
--Chuck
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