From: wrichard@direct.ca (Wade @ Home) Subject: Re: /etc/profile ignored; other strangeness 1 Feb 1998 16:35:49 -0800 Message-ID: <00a401bd2f6e$3c964130$4df5aecc.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotchoc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Cc: From: vischne@ibm.net To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Date: Saturday, January 31, 1998 23:23 Subject: Re: /etc/profile ignored; other strangeness >I've been complaining about copy and paste operations into cygwin text >windows, but now I know the truth: It's a Microsoft problem, not a >cygnus problem. If you don't believe me, try to paste something into >the Dos text window of the ftp.exe that comes with Windows 95. It doesn't >work. (Like, copy a file name and paste the file name into a `get ' >command.) To paste into a DOS command window, you need to change the default properties for the console. From the "misc" page on the "properties" sheet for the DOS prompt, uncheck "allow fast pasting". I don't know what exactly "fast pasting" is. I suspect that they decided to speed up pasting from the clipboard by simply making it not work (don't even try is much faster than most approaches). --- Wade ---------- Wade Richards -= mailto:WRichard@Direct.CA =- "Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity." - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".