On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 05:47:45PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote: > > I run mutt on Cygwin in a Windows console window > > Yuck. Why? :)
Well I'm glad you asked that question... :-) > FWIW, you can run startx (in cygwin) and use a proper > xterm, and save a lot of hastle. The windows console is next to > useless to me, and I find the fonts are horrible at the sizes I'd > prefer to have them. Anything comfortable to read is too large. I'm probably older than most people on this list, and I was never able to reproduce the nice, large, readable interface of a Windows console window with 10x18 Raster fonts in a 120x45 window, black letters on grey, in any xterm window, though I'm sure it could be done if I had fiddled long enough with the settings. > > and can paste between console windows as follows: > > > > [Mark with mouse] -> Alt-Shift -> [E]dit -> Mar[K] > > change windows > > Alt-Shift -> [E]dit -> [P]aste > > Yeah, highlight + middle click is so much easier, and works between > xterm and windows even. You just have to remember to hit ctrl-c to > copy when you're copying from windows (or select it from the menu), > and ctrl-v when you're pasting into windows (or menu). I can't deny it - it's the price I pay to get the look I want. Even worse, my netbook has the German version of Windows XP, so I have to remember to type Alt-Shift,B,K instead of Alt-Shift,E,P... :-( Tom -- Tom Baker <tba...@tbaker.de>
