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--- rxvt_-_a_decent_windows_shell [2008/10/24 19:30] – tkbletsc
+++ rxvt_-_a_decent_windows_shell [2011/04/15 10:37] (current) – tkbletsc
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-CMD.EXE sucks and the Windows-native replacements are all rubbish.  What to do?  Install Cygwin with RXVT.  It doesn't have tabs, but everything else about it is fine.  It doesn't require an X server.
-To set your shell to bash, make an environment variable "SHELL" equal to "bash".
-To configure RXVT, create a ~/.Xdefaults file populated as follows:
+**// Disregard this, use [[mintty - A decent native Windows shell]]//**
+----
+CMD.EXE sucks and the Windows-native replacements are all rubbish.  What to do?  Install Cygwin with RXVT.  It doesn't have tabs, but everything else about it is fine.  It doesn't require an X server.  You'll have two options: rxvt-x and rxvt-native.  Both work.  To set the font of rxvt-x, edit values in .Xdefaults (below).  To set the font of rxvt-native, edit the shortcut itself.  If you're on Windows 7 and want to use pinning, rxvt-native is a better choice, since rxvt-x runs through a wrapper that confuses the Windows 7 pinning system.
+To set your shell to bash, make an environment variable "''SHELL''" equal to "''bash''".
+To configure RXVT, create a ''~/.Xdefaults'' file populated with the material below.
+Also, you may wish to add the following to your ''.bashrc'':
+  if [ "$TERM" == "rxvt-cygwin" ] ; then export TERM=xterm ; fi
+  if [ "$TERM" == "rxvt-cygwin-native" ] ; then export TERM=xterm ; fi
+This will change the value of the TERM environment value to "''xterm''" instead of "''rxvt-cygwin''" when using rxvt, which is useful since most servers have never heard of "''rxvt-cygwin''" and would otherwise assume you have a dumb terminal.
+Content of ''~/.Xdefaults'':
 <file>
 ! Save this file as ~/.Xdefaults and start a term without any options to
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 rxvt*visualBell: true
 </file>