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Subject:  Re: How to replace default bash window with rxvt / bash shell?
Date:  Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:47:06 -0500
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CheapLisa wrote:

> I want to replace the default cygwin bash window with something where I c=
an
> have multiple tabs
> or tab like features.  I do not know of any command line commando that wo=
uld
> not want this feature
> and hope that in the future something else would be provided by default.
>=20
> It looks like the best combination is "rxvt" and "screen" used together.

There's other options with real tabs, Terminator is one, another was=20
discussed recently on this list.  They all have glitches, I use mrxvt=20
but that one needs Cygwin/X or similar running.

> So I was able to crate an rxvt.bat file and create a short cut to it (icon
> on desktop)
> but when it launches it is not the bash shell nor is it a login shell.

You don't need a batch file, just create a shortcut, edit its properties=20
and put something like:

C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -sl 2048 -geometry +56+616 -e /bin/bash --login -i

in the target field.  You may also add a nice icon (for instance=20
C:\Cygwin\cygwin.ico)

> When I do $echo $SHELL, I get /bin/sh and when I type $alias, I get nothi=
ng
> so it has not sourced my environment config files.

That's controlled by the parameters you pass to bash, that's why the=20
"--login -i" is there above.

[snip]
>  Also when running the screen command I always get some text and then
> instructions
>  to press the spacebar/or enter.  That is very nice but how is this
> surpressed?

Don't use screen (not recently anyway) but isn't it there a "quiet" option?
--=20
Ren=E9 Berber


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