>From John Emmas: > 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. > Cygwin's terminal window is more like a DOS one with no menus and very > limited copy & paste features. Is that correct or has something gone wrong > with my installation?
The window (a.k.a. "terminal emulator") that you run bash in is wholly independent of bash itself. This is as true on Linux as it is on Windows, and any given Linux distribution will have more than one terminal program you can use (xterm, gnome-terminal, kterm, ...). Things are more integrated in Windows but there are still some nice replacements for that window that will work with the regular old Windows command shell. While you can copy and paste with the standard "DOS box" window, it is not easy, and copying is especially laborious. It requires an extra step (you have to go into "mark mode" via Edit->Mark before you can select anything); you have to select a rectangular area; and the copied text includes newlines at the line breaks even if the original text was simply wrapped. It is, however, better than nothing, and a good thing to know how to do in case you get stuck some time needing the capability. Oh, and the easiest way to get to the Edit menu is to right-click on the window's title bar - no need to mouse all the way over to the icon in the corner. But I definitely recommend using rxvt instead. -- 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/
