From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: cygwin -- getting *shell* to parse pipes & other unix cmd-line stuff? Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:11:33 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1350076514 20001 80.91.229.3 (12 Oct 2012 21:15:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:15:14 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 12 23:15:22 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 1TMmZj-0002Yl-Rl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:15:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45075 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TMmZc-0002u4-MJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:15:12 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 57 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1350076293 7830 166.84.1.2 (12 Oct 2012 21:11:33 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:11:33 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:194883 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:87215 Archived-At: In article , Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) >> Date: 3 Oct 2012 00:39:30 -0400 >> >> On XP, I've been using cygwin and emacs for some time now. >> >> One thing I have (incorrectly?) noted: >> >> 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. >> >> A problem with that (horrible) method is that: >> >> 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. > >Right-click the title bar of the cmd window and select Edit->Paste. >That's it! > >> b: no way to get it to go full-screen. > >Try Alt-Enter. > >> c: and so on. > >What else? > Thanks! OK, the edit--> paste works. The alt-enter expands to full screen, but like a magnifying glass. Same number of lines. Of course what you'd like is a full 60 or so lines. The enter--> menu has a greyed-out "copy" -- seems to be now way to "blue out" (via sweeping the mouse) an area within that window *to* "copy". What's the trick for this one? Thanks much! Question: your use here is separate from using emacs, yes? David