Re: .bashrc question

2005-12-19 Thread Luke Vanderfluit
Hi Jim. Jim Roberts wrote: On 12/20/05, Luke Vanderfluit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi. I have been trying to get an alias to work. I start my bash shell from cygwin.bat with the following command: bash --login -i -c 'rxvt -geometry 80x29 -sb -sl 1 -bg Black -f

.bashrc question

2005-12-19 Thread Luke Vanderfluit
Hi. I have been trying to get an alias to work. I start my bash shell from cygwin.bat with the following command: bash --login -i -c 'rxvt -geometry 80x29 -sb -sl 1 -bg Black -fg green -bd LightSeaGreen -fn Courier -font 7x15' Then I set an alias. I've tried ~/.bashrc ~/.profile ~/.bash_

pager and virtual desktops

2005-12-19 Thread Luke Vanderfluit
Hi. My next question on cygwin is to do with pagers and virtual desktops. On my regular linux boxes, I run virtual desktops using a pager to switch between them. Is this possible under cygwin? Thanks. Kind regards. -- Luke -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple P

Re: vim under cygwin

2005-12-19 Thread Luke Vanderfluit
Hi Igor Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Luke Vanderfluit wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Luke Vanderfluit wrote: Hi. I'm a vi user :-) I recently started using cygwin, so forgive me if this is an obvious one. I want to use vi

Re: vim under cygwin

2005-12-19 Thread Luke Vanderfluit
Andrew DeFaria wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Just to clarify: if you use the default cmd.exe "console" window (i.e., the default Cygwin shortcut), then your TERM is "cygwin". If you use rxvt or xterm, you'd use TERM="xterm", of course... I use rxvt with TERM=cygwin with no problems. C

Re: vim under cygwin

2005-12-19 Thread Luke Vanderfluit
Hi Igor. Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Luke Vanderfluit wrote: Hi. I'm a vi user :-) I recently started using cygwin, so forgive me if this is an obvious one. I want to use vi under cygwin but I'm having trouble with terminal settings. apparently these are th

vim under cygwin

2005-12-19 Thread Luke Vanderfluit
Hi. I'm a vi user :-) I recently started using cygwin, so forgive me if this is an obvious one. I want to use vi under cygwin but I'm having trouble with terminal settings. apparently these are the possible term settings. builtin_ansi builtin_xterm builtin_iris-ansi builtin_dumb However, none

Re: newbie question chdir

2005-12-18 Thread Luke Vanderfluit
Hi. Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 02:48:53PM +1030, Luke Vanderfluit wrote: I'm wondering: I've installed cygwin in c:\foo\bar\. Now when I open a shell, I can't cd back to C:\ Is there a way to or do I have to install everything in the root directory

newbie question chdir

2005-12-18 Thread Luke Vanderfluit
Hi. I'm wondering: I've installed cygwin in c:\foo\bar\. Now when I open a shell, I can't cd back to C:\ Is there a way to or do I have to install everything in the root directory? Thanks. Kind regards. -- Luke -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem report

new to cygwin

2005-12-18 Thread Luke Vanderfluit
Hi. I'm new to cygwin. I have a few questions to start with. Can I change the font in the default command shell window? How do I find out which fonts are available under cygwin (eg. I'd like to change the fonts that I use in vi) Thanks. Kind regards. -- Luke -- Unsubscribe info: http:/