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Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
>> From:  mwoehlke
>> Cygwin also has an rxvt terminal emulator that may be more to 
>> your liking, but I haven't used it and so can't tell you what 
>> it's like.
> 
> It's awesome, if you're still using the DOS box change over immediately.
> Believe me now and thank me later.

Awesome? It appears to be xterm (which I never liked to begin with), 
which needs an X server and is a PITA to configure, has an ugly font, 
and probably has issues running certain CUI applications (at least I 
know I've heard such rumors). And I see exactly zero ways in which it is 
an improvement over Console.

Console is awesome, if you're still using rxvt change over immediately. 
Believe me now and thank me later. :-)

If you *must* have an X-based terminal emulator for some reason (or even 
just something that isn't using the CUI subsystem under the covers), I 
would strongly recommend Konsole as VASTLY superior to xterm/rxvt. You 
can get an old version... um, somewhere, or wait and see if KDE4 makes 
good on native Windows support (which I guess would no longer be 
X-based, but would also not need an X server).

-- 
Matthew
We are Microsoft. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. --Badtech


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