X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,TW_RX X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-Id: <1314201141.31858.140258133254297@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: "Ronald of Steiermark" To: "Andrew DeFaria" , cygwin@cygwin.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" References: <1314198447.17029.140258133233741@webmail.messagingengine.com> Subject: Re: Does not work well: rlwrap + rxvt + cmd In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:52:21 +0200 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 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:39 -0700, "Andrew DeFaria" wrote: > > I would like to run cmd.exe within a rxvt terminal on Windows 7. > My question is why? Why do you want to run cmd.exe? For instance, to test the cruel BAT files which we are going to deliver. > I also find the cmd shell and command language inferior Language? I wouldn't even call this crap a "language"... > in that there's > nothing special or even convenient in cmd that can't be done even > quicker and better in bash. Yep, though right now I'm fancying zsh. But we are all slaves to those who pay us... > That said, and if you're hellbent on using cmd.exe, I > vaguely recall another terminal emulator program (not a Cygwin thing > mind you) called, I believe just "Terminal" (Good luck googling that!) > which (insert fuzzy memory here) I believe used a hidden cmd console > window to allow the Windows program the proper console environment while > translating that to the non-hidden Terminal window. That might work... Thanks a lot, will look it up. Ronald -- Ronald Fischer There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't. -- 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