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Michael Lemke wrote:
> I just don't get it. What's wrong with rxvt? I've been using it for 
> years as my only terminal for cygwin and never understood why it isn't 
> the default. 
While I agree, rxvt does have problems with programs written for the DOS 
style console output (e.g. cleartool from IBM/Rational Clearcase and 
others). Besides isn't it written somewhere that true Unix defaults must 
be ugly and brain dead? 1/2 ;-)
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Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
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