Hi, this is just my 2 cents. As a temporary workaround, you might want to give http://console.sf.net a try (unofficial version with few extra features is available at http://kirill.ca/dblog/articolo.asp?id=15)
It's fully resizable "shell" over cmd.exe (with or without MSys, or Cygwin, or Power Shell) that can do normal selection [in the visible area only]. Tabs are a bonus, alpha transparency is... well... I'm missing OS X sometimes :) -- Kirill. > -----Original Message----- > From: Johannes Schindelin > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 3:59 PM > On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Jan Hudec wrote: > > Well, the console is /somewhat/ resizable. Dynamically, you can > > change the height, but not the width. Probably because windows > > don't have a SIGWINCH. > > > > However, you /can/ select what size the console will start with -- in > > the properties of the .lnk you run your program with. Ie. I normally > > run Cygwin sessions at 160x60, which makes it somewhat usable (of > > course the rectangular selection is still extremely braindead). > > I call this "not resizable", thank you.
