From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Earnie Boyd To: mike.fabian@it-mannesmann.de, cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: how to get a new window for bash? Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:04:00 -0000 Message-id: <19990624180417.5688.rocketmail@web104.yahoomail.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-06/msg00584.html --- Mike Fabian wrote: > > when I start the cygwin-bash with the cygnus.bat batch file, > I get a cmd.exe-lookalike window where bash is running in. The cygnus.bat file should start the bash executable for you. > > After typing `bash -i', I of course get a new sub shell in the same > window. > > Is it possible to make the sub shell run in its own cmd.exe-like > window? How to do that? Yes. Create a shortcut and modify the properties of the shortcut. > > (I know that I can get a new window using rxvt, but that works only on > a machine with an X-server.). You wanna bet. ;^) Check the archives for the location of an rxvt that uses the native Windows to operate. === Earnie Boyd < mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com > Newbies, please visit < http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32/index.html > (If you respond to the list, then please don't cc me) _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Earnie Boyd To: mike.fabian@it-mannesmann.de, cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: how to get a new window for bash? Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:10:00 -0000 Message-ID: <19990624180417.5688.rocketmail@web104.yahoomail.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-06n/msg00584.html Message-ID: <19990630221000.JYXJNbz6kFio8XUxTUxhbyC2WVullegXsPj2YUtHYjY@z> --- Mike Fabian wrote: > > when I start the cygwin-bash with the cygnus.bat batch file, > I get a cmd.exe-lookalike window where bash is running in. The cygnus.bat file should start the bash executable for you. > > After typing `bash -i', I of course get a new sub shell in the same > window. > > Is it possible to make the sub shell run in its own cmd.exe-like > window? How to do that? Yes. Create a shortcut and modify the properties of the shortcut. > > (I know that I can get a new window using rxvt, but that works only on > a machine with an X-server.). You wanna bet. ;^) Check the archives for the location of an rxvt that uses the native Windows to operate. === Earnie Boyd < mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com > Newbies, please visit < http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32/index.html > (If you respond to the list, then please don't cc me) _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com