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From:	Andrew DeFaria <ADeFaria AT Salira DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Pasting text in plain bash window
Date:	Mon, 22 Jul 2002 12:11:10 -0700
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Nicholas Wourms wrote:

> --- Sylvain Petreolle <spetreolle AT yahoo DOT fr> wrote:
>
>> I woudl prefer using _plain_ bash...
>> --- David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk> a écrit : > On Monday 
>> 22 Jul 02, Sylvain Petreolle writes:
>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Wanting to paste some commands/text when being in bash window 
>>>> (_plain_ bash launched by cygwin.bat), this doesn't work when using 
>>>> Windows ME,but works on Windows NT. Is there a workaround ?
>>>
>>> Use rxvt instead.
>>
> Well you aren't just using "plain" bash. The fact of the matter is you 
> are using an native windows application which acts as a wrapper for 
> command.com. So either way, you still aren't using just plain bash. So 
> why be difficult? Use rxvt, it works and there isn't anything you can 
> do in command.com that you can't do in rxvt.

Because rxvt often doesn't work with certain Windows oriented programs 
(e.g. ActiveState Perl or Rational's cleartool).

One might try Alt-Space: "E", "P" for the Windows window with bash 
running inside it.




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