ok, i'm sorry. i have forgotten to add a line to the batch file, because i had added it to the .vimrc file before.
the line is this: 'set TERM=cygwin'. so here we go again... Revised solution (version 2). New cygwin.bat file: @echo off set SHELL=sh set HOME=c:\cygwin\home\anamtharon set TERM=cygwin c: chdir c:\cygwin\bin bash --login -i Now that's it. see you around! anamtharøn -- 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/