One of my biggest issues with Windows XP has always been with cmd.exe. To make Windows XP much more enjoyable to use (from a command-line perspective), two excellent applications can be installed:
Cygwin: http://www.cygwin.com
Console 2: http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/files/
Once cygwin is set up and you've installed any other necessary applications (e.g. vim etc), open Console 2 and select Settings > Tabs. Create a new tab (e.g. "Bash") and for the Shell: input set the following:
You should now be able to use Console 2 to create new bash sessions by going to: File > New Tab > Bash
For a great file manager replacement, I'd also recommend installing KDE 4 for Windows:
http://windows.kde.org/
And using Dolphin.
8 comments:
Sweet!
Windows becomes one step less painless...
I also had to check the box "Save settings to user directory". Other than that, it worked splendidly.
This is Awsome.Just what I was looking for.
-Krishna
This is great, however, the arrow keys do not navigate in "vim" and sort of seem to freeze up the terminal.
And, of course, as soon as I mentioned it, I figured out a solution. In .bashrc, export TERM=cygwin and the arrow keys behave properly.
Very useful.. Thank you .
Just what I was looking for. Thanks :)
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