Re: Cygwin console: Different default background color when terminal runs as Admin?

2023-08-18 Thread Christian Franke via Cygwin
Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote: On Aug 18 11:51, Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote: On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 7:27 AM Jonathon Merz via Cygwin wrote: On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 7:13 PM Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote: Just an idea: Could the default background color of the Cygwin console be changed

Re: Cygwin console: Different default background color when terminal runs as Admin?

2023-08-18 Thread Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin
On Aug 18 11:51, Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote: > On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 7:27 AM Jonathon Merz via Cygwin > wrote: > > > > On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 7:13 PM Martin Wege via Cygwin > > wrote: > > > > > Just an idea: Could the default background color of the Cygwin console > > > be changed from

Re: Cygwin console: Different default background color when terminal runs as Admin?

2023-08-18 Thread Thomas Wolff via Cygwin
Am 18.08.2023 um 10:11 schrieb Christian Franke via Cygwin: Jonathon Merz via Cygwin wrote: On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 7:13 PM Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote: Just an idea: Could the default background color of the Cygwin console be changed from black to grey (or RED) if the terminal has been

Re: Cygwin console: Different default background color when terminal runs as Admin?

2023-08-18 Thread Martin Wege via Cygwin
On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 7:27 AM Jonathon Merz via Cygwin wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 7:13 PM Martin Wege via Cygwin > wrote: > > > Just an idea: Could the default background color of the Cygwin console > > be changed from black to grey (or RED) if the terminal has been > > started with

Re: Cygwin console: Different default background color when terminal runs as Admin?

2023-08-18 Thread Christian Franke via Cygwin
Jonathon Merz via Cygwin wrote: On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 7:13 PM Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote: Just an idea: Could the default background color of the Cygwin console be changed from black to grey (or RED) if the terminal has been started with Administrator rights? Assuming that: 1. The

Re: Cygwin console: Different default background color when terminal runs as Admin?

2023-08-17 Thread Jonathon Merz via Cygwin
On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 7:13 PM Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote: > Just an idea: Could the default background color of the Cygwin console > be changed from black to grey (or RED) if the terminal has been > started with Administrator rights? > Assuming that: 1. The Administrators group is called

Re: cygwin console software

2017-03-07 Thread Keith Christian
Until a few months ago, I used PuttyCyg. It worked really well, and still does, and I used it for perhaps 10 years. In the past few months, I've been using Tera Term, which has a Cygwin mode that works just like MinTTY and PuttyCyg with the few differences I've noticed: 1PuttyCyg and

Re: cygwin console software

2017-02-26 Thread Gary Johnson
On 2017-02-27, Goodman Leung wrote: > Hi list > > Minty is go hard to copy , > > Is there any other console software for Cygwin ? Do you mean that it is hard to copy and paste text to and from mintty? I have no trouble at all using it. I don't think there is anything better--or as good--for

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-10 Thread Igor Bujna
Charles Wilson wrote: Please keep replies on the list. Igor Bujna wrote: Charles Wilson wrote: Try installing this font: Lucida ConsoleP from http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/unversioned/bashprompt/ It is Lucida Console, reencoded to put the linedraw chars where

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-09 Thread egor duda
Hi! Wednesday, 09 January, 2002 Pavel Tsekov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: its very good. Bad i have some program with ncurses. On the screen i see the box() function in curses creates an ugly looking box, where the extended characters drawing the box (ACS_VLINE, ACS_HLINE) are replaced with

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-09 Thread Charles Wilson
Try installing this font: Lucida ConsoleP from http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/unversioned/bashprompt/ It is Lucida Console, reencoded to put the linedraw chars where codepage:oem expects them. Then, start rxvt as: rxvt -fn Lucida ConsoleP-14 . (also, you may need to

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-09 Thread Charles Wilson
Please keep replies on the list. Igor Bujna wrote: Charles Wilson wrote: Try installing this font: Lucida ConsoleP from http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/unversioned/bashprompt/ It is Lucida Console, reencoded to put the linedraw chars where codepage:oem expects

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Mark Himsley
rxvt is probably what you are looking for. It is a stand-alone app and does not require X to be installed. It has its own package so you may have to install it via setup.exe. Other alternatives are, for instance, installing sshd or inetd and using your favourite ssh/telnet client to connect to

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread David Starks-Browning
It probably is worth adding something to the FAQ about this. Thanks, David (Cygwin FAQ maintainer) On Tuesday 8 Jan 02, Mark Himsley writes: rxvt is probably what you are looking for. It is a stand-alone app and does not require X to be installed. It has its own package so you may have to

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
David, 2002-01-08 12:22:14, du schriebst: It probably is worth adding something to the FAQ about this. I think `rxvt' should be the default shell for Cygwin after a fresh setup. At least for Win98 users. Just my 2 cent (EURO). Gerrit -- =^..^= -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread David Starks-Browning
On Tuesday 8 Jan 02, Gerrit P. Haase writes: David, 2002-01-08 12:22:14, du schriebst: It probably is worth adding something to the FAQ about this. I think `rxvt' should be the default shell for Cygwin after a fresh setup. At least for Win98 users. I fully agree, but who is going

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread John Peacock
David Starks-Browning wrote: On Tuesday 8 Jan 02, Gerrit P. Haase writes: I think `rxvt' should be the default shell for Cygwin after a fresh setup. At least for Win98 users. I fully agree, but who is going to do the work? The change is truly trivial: --- cygwin.bat.orig Tue

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Pavel Tsekov
Hey, John :) John Peacock wrote: David Starks-Browning wrote: On Tuesday 8 Jan 02, Gerrit P. Haase writes: I think `rxvt' should be the default shell for Cygwin after a fresh setup. At least for Win98 users. I fully agree, but who is going to do the work? The change is truly trivial:

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread John Peacock
Pavel Tsekov wrote: Well, this is fine as long as the rxvt package is installed :) Yes, rxvt would need to be added to the base install in the event that rxvt was chosen as the default console. I also think that there is no reason to ask whether anyone WANTS to use the lame CMD box; rxvt is

RE: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Bernard Dautrevaux
-Original Message- From: John Peacock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 3:21 PM To: David Starks-Browning Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: cygwin console David Starks-Browning wrote: On Tuesday 8 Jan 02, Gerrit P. Haase writes: I think `rxvt

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Kent Perrier
On 1/8/2002 8:51 AM, Pavel Tsekov wrote: --- cygwin.bat.orig Tue Jan 8 09:15:22 2002 +++ cygwin.bat Tue Jan 8 09:20:22 2002 @@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ D: chdir \cygwin\bin -bash --login -i +start rxvt -sl 300 -e bash --login -i Well, this is fine as long as the rxvt package is

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread John Peacock
Kent Perrier wrote: Humm. I comment out the bash line and I add the rxvt line and I get the guick flash. I do have rxvt installed, so what have I done wrong? Restore the bash line, then run the rxvt line from within the CMD window and see what error messages you get (leave off the

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
John, 2002-01-08 15:43:01, du schriebst: I think `rxvt' should be the default shell for Cygwin after a fresh setup. At least for Win98 users. I fully agree, but who is going to do the work? The change is truly trivial: Yes, but I'm sure it needs some discussion. To satisfy every

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Kent, 2002-01-08 16:13:28, du schriebst: --- cygwin.bat.orig Tue Jan 8 09:15:22 2002 +++ cygwin.bat Tue Jan 8 09:20:22 2002 @@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ D: chdir \cygwin\bin -bash --login -i +start rxvt -sl 300 -e bash --login -i Humm. I comment out the bash line and I add the rxvt

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread John Peacock
Gerrit P. Haase wrote: Yes, but I'm sure it needs some discussion. Isn't that what we are doing here? ;~) I would like to have it a blue background and a red cursor;) Pervert! ;~! but since this file is, I believe, originally created by the CygWin installer, the change needs to

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 11:45:53AM +, David Starks-Browning wrote: On Tuesday 8 Jan 02, Gerrit P. Haase writes: David, 2002-01-08 12:22:14, du schriebst: It probably is worth adding something to the FAQ about this. I think `rxvt' should be the default shell for Cygwin after a

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Kent Perrier
On 1/8/2002 9:20 AM, John Peacock wrote: Kent Perrier wrote: Humm. I comment out the bash line and I add the rxvt line and I get the guick flash. I do have rxvt installed, so what have I done wrong? Restore the bash line, then run the rxvt line from within the CMD window and see what

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
John, 2002-01-08 16:30:56, du schriebst: p.s. and I guess your color scheme isn't so awful; typically you never want to have red and blue of the same intensity next to each other, since the same cones in your eyes perceive both colors and you can sometimes get the phantom movement

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread John Peacock
Christopher Faylor wrote: The problem is that we'll be switching the I need a scrollbar!s with the Where is the output from some random windows command?. cygwin's pty emulation does not work with every windows application. I don't think we should default to using rxvt for this reason. I

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Kiran Prakash
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 10:39:39 -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: cygwin's pty emulation does not work with every windows application. I don't think we should default to using rxvt for this reason. cygwin's pty emulation doesnt even work with some cygwin apps (for example talk, the message telling

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 09:29:09PM +0530, Kiran Prakash wrote: On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 10:39:39 -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: cygwin's pty emulation does not work with every windows application. I don't think we should default to using rxvt for this reason. cygwin's pty emulation doesnt even

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Kent Perrier
On 1/8/2002 9:55 AM, John Peacock wrote: start from a simple base: rxvt -e bash --login -i and see if that works, then add in the other options. What I posted is exactly what I am running (with W2k SP1) so there must be something else going on. Are you sure you don't have any strange

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 10:52:17AM -0500, John Peacock wrote: Christopher Faylor wrote: The problem is that we'll be switching the I need a scrollbar!s with the Where is the output from some random windows command?. cygwin's pty emulation does not work with every windows application. I don't

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Charles Wilson
Gerrit P. Haase wrote: Humm. I comment out the bash line and I add the rxvt line and I get the guick flash. I do have rxvt installed, so what have I done wrong? Windows98? What happens if you just double click rxvt.exe from explorer? I get a whit shell with black font scrollbar at

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
No personal cygwin email, please. On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 09:45:00PM +0530, Kiran Prakash wrote: cygwin's pty emulation doesnt even work with some cygwin apps (for example talk, the message telling the user about the talk is swallowed) Uh. Yeah. Right. Swallowed. Sure. cgf Seriously,

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Joachim Walter
To get it work for me, I had to include the path to bash rxvt -e /bin/bash --login -i probably because I don't have the cygwin paths in my windows PATH. Once bash starts with --login it reads the /etc/profile and everything is ok. Joachim Kent Perrier wrote: On 1/8/2002 9:55 AM, John

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Charles, 2002-01-08 17:25:13, du schriebst: But people REALLY get annoyed if you mess with their autoexec, so there IS another option: add '-display :0' to your rxvt command line. Hmm, I noticed I was wrong in a prior posting, if I double-click rxvt.exe from Explorer there is DISPLAY=:0

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Kent Perrier
On 1/8/2002 10:22 AM, Charles Wilson wrote: Gerrit P. Haase wrote: Humm. I comment out the bash line and I add the rxvt line and I get the guick flash. I do have rxvt installed, so what have I done wrong? Windows98? What happens if you just double click rxvt.exe from explorer? I

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Kent Perrier
On 1/8/2002 10:26 AM, Joachim Walter wrote: To get it work for me, I had to include the path to bash rxvt -e /bin/bash --login -i probably because I don't have the cygwin paths in my windows PATH. Once bash starts with --login it reads the /etc/profile and everything is ok. ding ding

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Charles Wilson
Kent Perrier wrote: add '-display :0' to your rxvt command line. Well, I am saddened to report that this does not fix the issue. I was afraid of that. Can you add C:\cygwin\bin to your PATH in autoexec.bat, reboot, and try again? [just an experiment; I'm not advocating that

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Kent, 2002-01-08 18:12:54, du schriebst: To get it work for me, I had to include the path to bash rxvt -e /bin/bash --login -i probably because I don't have the cygwin paths in my windows PATH. Once bash starts with --login it reads the /etc/profile and everything is ok. ding ding

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Joachim Walter
Maybe we were all distracted by the many colors in the line ;-) Joachim Gerrit P. Haase wrote: Kent, 2002-01-08 18:12:54, du schriebst: To get it work for me, I had to include the path to bash rxvt -e /bin/bash --login -i probably because I don't have the cygwin paths in my

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Matthew Smith
Another thing we could think about is to simply make a second shortcut to rxvt. I normally have both a shortcut to rxvt and the cygwin console, as each works well for certain tasks. For instance, cvs updates seem to work better for me from a cygwin console for some reason. cheers, -Matt Smith

Re: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Warren Young
John Peacock wrote: p.s. and I guess your color scheme isn't so awful; typically you never want to have red and blue of the same intensity next to each other, since the same cones in your eyes perceive both colors and you can sometimes get the phantom movement I wear glasses that distort

RE: cygwin console

2002-01-08 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Warren Young John Peacock wrote: p.s. and I guess your color scheme isn't so awful; typically you never want to have red and blue of the same intensity next to each other, since the same