From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Doug Lewan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: cygwin -- getting *shell* to parse pipes & other unix cmd-line stuff? Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 11:40:04 +0000 Message-ID: <155DEC68569B714B86C2C7075F5EDA982693D09A@DAKIYA1.pegasus.local> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1349264424 32334 80.91.229.3 (3 Oct 2012 11:40:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 11:40:24 +0000 (UTC) To: David Combs , "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 03 13:40:29 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TJNIi-00071h-L2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:39:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55407 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TJNIc-00063u-Sb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Oct 2012 07:39:34 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59826) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TJNIU-00063X-Fd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Oct 2012 07:39:30 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TJNIO-0002q2-Oj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Oct 2012 07:39:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [207.246.209.200] (port=46116 helo=webmail.shubertorg.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TJNIO-0002kM-Kd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Oct 2012 07:39:20 -0400 Original-Received: from dakiya1.pegasus.local ([::1]) by DAKIYA1.pegasus.local ([::1]) with mapi id 14.01.0339.001; Wed, 3 Oct 2012 07:40:05 -0400 Thread-Topic: cygwin -- getting *shell* to parse pipes & other unix cmd-line stuff? Thread-Index: AQHNoSFSZd8jgOPqcE2+Ko4/dmOtu5endOTg In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.0.21.202] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Windows XP/2000 (RFC1323+, w+, tstamp-) X-Received-From: 207.246.209.200 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:87041 Archived-At: In both CYGWIN terminal and rxvt terminal I find that the middle mouse butt= on works to paste. I hope this helps. ,Doug > -----Original Message----- > From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dougl=3Dshubertticketing.com@gnu.org > [mailto:help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dougl=3Dshubertticketing.com@gnu.org] On > Behalf Of David Combs > Sent: Wednesday, 2012 October 03 00:40 > To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > Subject: cygwin -- getting *shell* to parse pipes & other unix cmd-line > stuff? >=20 > On XP, I've been using cygwin and emacs for some time now. >=20 > One thing I have (incorrectly?) noted: >=20 > If I do START --> run --> cmd-window, and get that > little white-on-black blackboard-like window, yes > I can run sh, etc, and it all seems to work, even > complicated command-lines. >=20 > A problem with that (horrible) method is that: >=20 > a: there's no way to "paste" a long command or anything > else into that window -- you have to type everything > in *by hand*. So lots of typos you wouldn't have > if you could just cut from somewhere and pasted > into that blackboard-like window. >=20 > b: no way to get it to go full-screen. >=20 > c: and so on. >=20 > But yes, you can at least run a unix command-line, > pipes, `expand me exprs`, etc, all that good > stuff. >=20 > ---- >=20 > What would be really NICE would to be able to do > that from *shell*. >=20 > But I don't seem able to run the cygwin "sh" or > "tcsh" in *shell*. I can run cygwin stuff ok, > but not in complicated unix-like commands; it works > for me only if I do it one thing at a time, via > simple commands. >=20 > Question: is there a way to run complex command-lines > in *shell*? >=20 > If so, how? >=20 >=20 > thanks! >=20 > David