John Salerno wrote: > Hi everyone. I just installed cygwin on WinXP and I'm wondering if there > is a way to copy and paste in the command prompt, like in Linux? I > figured the cygwin terminal would look and act more like the bash shell, > but so far it doesn't for me. Does this mean I'm still using a DOS > prompt? (Despite the $ prompt instead of C:\)?
It's not a DOS prompt, but Windows' wonderful console window :-) Windows has two basic types of programs: 'console' and 'GUI'. Console processes are run inside a console window, and GUI programs (usually) create their own windows. Unfortunately, Windows' console is braindead compared to Linux terminals. In a regular console window, you can click on the icon (or press ALT+SPACE) to bring up the menu. 'Edit' submenu has mark/copy/paste operations. I'm not sure, but I think Cygwin's rxvt is better. You could also try running xterm (you'll have to install Cygwin/X) Warning: Shameless advertisement follows!! ========================================== You could also try my project: Console. It's a free console front-end with some nice eye candy (multiple tabs, custom fonts, alpha transparency, text editor-like select, copy, paste, etc). It can run any shell you like (cmd.exe, 4NT, bash) It's hosted on SourceForge, try the latest v2 beta (not demo!) http://sourceforge.net/projects/console -- Marko ICQ: 5990814 I'm not under the alkafluence of inkahol that some thinkle peep I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. -- 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/
