Title: Different Command Prompt for Windows XP
inline_skater20032001 - July 4, 2004 06:46 AM (GMT)
I have been using Linux lately, and I am now back at my mom's house with her Windows XP machine. I like Windows XP a lot more than any other Microsoft OS, but it has it's short comings. One being it's command prompt. I can't copy and paste in it, which really becomes troublesome. I was wondering if there were apps out there that are a replacement for the command prompt.
Incubator - July 4, 2004 09:07 AM (GMT)
you can copy paste/
Right click the console and click on Mark (or select orsomething)
this wil allow you to select text in theconsole.
Once selected, right click the mouse and paste it in any other app.
To paste in the console, right click again
myork - July 4, 2004 04:14 PM (GMT)
Or download cygwin.
Then you a have a UNIX shell on your windws box.
Incubator - July 5, 2004 07:34 AM (GMT)
and having cygwin on your windows can spare you many headaches :)
I managed to remove a locked folder with it effortlessly (got hacked once and my wwwroot was assigned to a new user and no rights were assigned to the file for me.)
Windows refused to delete it in any way. a simple shell script in cygwin had little trouble :)
myork - July 5, 2004 02:50 PM (GMT)
With the power of cygwin comes responcability.
Be carefull. Cygwin is powerful, and thus you can really mess up if not carefull.
Do a
in the wrong directory and things go pear shaped very quickly.
| QUOTE |
| Power corrupts. Absolute power, corrupts your hard disk absolutely. |
C-Man - July 5, 2004 03:07 PM (GMT)
Yes i like Cygwin ery much :D
Incubator - July 5, 2004 03:16 PM (GMT)
and cygwin has the power to kill even a windows process :)
helped me a lot in killing harmfull stuff that wouldnt go away (forced kill)
C-Man - July 5, 2004 07:22 PM (GMT)
KTC - July 5, 2004 10:33 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (myork @ Jul 5 2004, 03:50 PM) |
| QUOTE | | Power corrupts. Absolute power, corrupts your hard disk absolutely. |
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LOL. Very true / good ! :D
