> I've set up Cygwin on XP (now running on a non-admin account) with > CYGWIN=tty. [... Snipped some stuff about wanting a better terminal ...]
How about rxvt? It has a native window (no X required) mode. c: chdir c:\cygwin\bin REM See ~/.Xresources for rxvt configuration resources start C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -e bash --login -I # This happens to be my ~/.Xresources, you might think it sucks. I like it. rxvt.font: apl10-normal-9 rxvt.boldFont: apl10-normal-9 rxvt.scrollBar: true rxvt.scrollBar_right: true rxvt.visualBell: false rxvt.loginShell: true rxvt.background: black rxvt.foreground: green rxvt.saveLines: 5000 rxvt.cursorColor: green rxvt.geometry: 132x32+80+525 rxvt.termName: rxvt-cygwin-native rxvt.scrollTtyOutput: false rxvt.scrollWithBuffer: true rxvt.scrollTtyKeypress: true "It was a rigorous result in information theory that once you could learn in a sufficiently flexible manner - something humanity had achieved in the Bronze Age - the only limits you faced were speed and storage; any other structural changes were just a matter of style." [Schild's Ladder by Greg Egan] Fred A. Kulack - IBM eServer iSeries - Enterprise Application Solutions ERP, Java DB2 access, Jdbc, JTA, etc... IBM in Rochester, MN (Phone: 507.253.5982 T/L 553-5982) mailto:kulack/us.ibm.com Personal: mailto:kulack/gmail.com AIM Home:FKulack AIM Work:FKulackWrk MSN Work: fakulack/hotmail.com (replace email / with @) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/