Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:22:48 -0400 Message-Id: <199906242022.QAA24162@delorie.com> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com From: Mike Fabian To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com In-reply-to: <19990624180417.5688.rocketmail@web104.yahoomail.com> (message from Earnie Boyd on Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:04:17 -0700 (PDT)) Subject: Re: how to get a new window for bash? Reply-to: mike DOT fabian AT it-mannesmann DOT de References: <19990624180417 DOT 5688 DOT rocketmail AT web104 DOT yahoomail DOT com> >>>>> "Earnie" == Earnie Boyd writes: thank you very much for your response. >> when I start the cygwin-bash with the cygnus.bat batch file, I get >> a cmd.exe-lookalike window where bash is running in. Earnie> The cygnus.bat file should start the bash executable for you. Yes of course, it does that always. >> After typing `bash -i', I of course get a new sub shell in the >> same window. >> >> Is it possible to make the sub shell run in its own cmd.exe-like >> window? How to do that? Earnie> Yes. Create a shortcut and modify the properties of the Earnie> shortcut. Then I can start it by clicking on the shortcut, but not from within a bash, i.e. I can't start it automatically from a shell-script. >> (I know that I can get a new window using rxvt, but that works >> only on a machine with an X-server.). Earnie> You wanna bet. ;^) Check the archives for the location of an Earnie> rxvt that uses the native Windows to operate. Thank you, this solved my Problem! In case you wonder why I absolutely wanted to do something like this: I had to customize some pull down menus of the tool SNiFF 3.1 (by Takefive-software). To customize such a pull down menu, one has to write a shell script, which will be started in a sub shell from within the terminal window of SNiFF. SNiFF 3.1 runs a cygwin-bash in it's terminal-window, but this terminal-window is severely broken. Command line editing doesn't work and especially if the sub shell needs user input, the input isn't echoed by the SNiFF terminal. This is very confusing to the users and it is difficult to type correctly. Therefore I needed a way to escape from a shell script running in a sub shell running in the SNiFF terminal emulator into a new terminal emulator which is not so broken and can accept user input correctly. Yours sincerly, Mike Fabian -- Mike Fabian (mike DOT fabian AT it-mannesmann DOT de) Mannesmann Datenverarbeitung Mathematische/Technische Systeme Verfahrenstechnik Rehhecke 50, D-40885 Ratingen Tel.: +49-2102 97 1763, Fax: +49-2102 97 1345 -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com