lemke...@t-online.de wrote: >> >> mintty is the right tool for replacing rxvt for not X11. >> >> on XP I have no problem to build a file like >> $ touch ÄÄÆÉßü >> >> and to have exactly the same on explorer and from >> cmd. >> > > I just gave it a try. It seemed to have solved the character > problem but I now have a not responding mintty window. I > started mintty from the rxvt window and tried to send > it to the background with CTRL/D (which is what I have mapped > susp to). mintty didn't go into the background so I CTRL/C'ed > it in rxvt. That freed up the rxvt prompt but didn't kill the > mintty process. The window still hangs around with that > (Not Responding) headline.
Run mintty directly from a shortcut or the Run window. I believe it's more of a native Windows program, and those don't usually background very well from Cygwin terminals. You really will find mintty to be completely superior to rxvt. I know I did. :-) -Jeremy -- 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
