X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <48EAD6AC.3050905@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:25:32 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080723 Fedora/2.0.0.16-1.fc8 Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.16 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Cygwin bash References: <002201c92830$f7204c00$4001a8c0 AT mycomputer> <48EAD5BD DOT 7060501 AT sbcglobal DOT net> In-Reply-To: <48EAD5BD.7060501@sbcglobal.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Greg Chicares wrote: > On 2008-10-07 03:58 - ?, John Emmas wrote: >> When I double click the 'Cygwin' icon on my Windows desktop, a DOS-like >> window opens which I'm led to believe is Cygwin's bash terminal. However, >> with every version of Linux that I've used, the bash terminal had menus >> allowing me to do certain things like (for example) copying & pasting text. > > Click on the window's frame icon, and pick "Properties". This page > http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-files.html > says how to set it up to use the commands on the "Edit" submenu. > >> Also, is it possible to configure the appearance for the bash terminal? On >> my system the window is pretty small and some of the text is dark green on >> a black background. Both of these make it quite difficult to work with. > > You can configure size and colors in the "Properties" dialog. > > For more power, consider using (e.g.) 'screen': > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-07/msg00246.html There's also the FAQ: as well as many threads in the email archives to offer help and suggestions here. That's not to say 'screen' isn't a good option of course. :-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/