X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2b7af7c40912200642t71764192p36c301c365af5d09@mail.gmail.com> References: <2b7af7c40912200642t71764192p36c301c365af5d09@mail.gmail.com> From: "DePriest, Jason R." Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:46:16 -0600 Message-ID: <31b7d2790912200946r53d27d8dmdcf7b296b47fd773@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Front end suggestions for Cygwin? To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Rogelio <> wrote: > Does anyone have any good front end suggestions for Cygwin? > > (I'm really spoiled by apps like PuTTY which automatically put > whatever you select on the clipboard.=A0 Ideally, however, the app would > have a few more features than something like PuTTY) > > -- If you like PuTTY, go with Mintty. It is available via setup.exe and is my terminal emulator of choice for cygwin. Also, if you run the openssh server (available via setup.exe), then you can use any ssh client as a front end for cygwin. Just connect to localhost and you'll have a fancy console with whatever client you normally use. -Jason -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple