Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:14:40 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Running cmd programs in cygwin / rxvt Message-ID: <20040921141440.GD16626@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <414E8B1A DOT 8040103 AT overbored DOT net> <414EA28E DOT 122EB347 AT dessent DOT net> <20040920143930 DOT GD6915 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20040920153922 DOT GA7869 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20040920155842 DOT GO6525 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20040921084355 DOT GM17670 AT cygbert DOT vinschen DOT de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040921084355.GM17670@cygbert.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 10:43:55AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Sep 20 11:57, Andrew DeFaria wrote: >>>You should be able to start a command in a new console window with >>>"cygstart" (q.v.). >> >>Yes I can, however this starts it in another "Windows window" that does >>not easily resize, has crappy copy/paste semantics, colors and fonts. >>IOW all the reasons why I'm running rxvt! What I want is for it to run >>in the rxvt window so that I can have the nicer copy/paste, etc, not >>start a new window. > >Perhaps (just perhaps) something like "Take Command" from jpsoft.com >is what you're looking for? I never tried it, but it implements an >entirely new GUI console. It's not free, though. I have actually purchased "Take Command". IIRC, it has all of the same problems as rxvt. Of course, if it doesn't, all that's required is for someone to figure out how it's done so that it can be implemented in cygwin. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/