Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com From: jeffdbREMOVETHIS@goodnet.com (Mikey) To: Charles Wilson , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Better console for Win95 Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 00:45:04 GMT Organization: Never Reply-To: jeffdbREMOVETHIS@goodnet.com Message-ID: <37041217.13572506@mail.goodnet.com> References: <67AAEB9F4346D1118C9D00805FF4EAEE8A415E@S_2_KISTA> <3702847c.46115189@mail.goodnet.com> <3703E0C9.FE470C78@ece.gatech.edu> In-Reply-To: <3703E0C9.FE470C78@ece.gatech.edu> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.5/32.452 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit for win9x it's conagent.exe usually found in \windows\system That's what automagically gets exec'ed when you open a handle to $CONIN or $CONOUT Wonder if cygwin could make it's own? On Thu, 01 Apr 1999 16:10:33 -0500, you wrote: >Mikey wrote: > >> Win95cmd.exe in the PSDK iTOOLS.exe >> is cmd.exe built for use under 9x. >> I haven't played around with it much, >> because I much prefer bash.-) >> however it should give you most of >> the features of cmd.exe under 95. > >Hmmm...I downloaded this and gave it a whirl -- it seems that it implements >many of the *shell* features of the NT cmd.exe (exended options for >FOR loops, etc, etc) but it does not create its own window with a scrollbar. >It appears within the standard Win95 window (the one with the useless >menubar, and no scrollbars). It seems that Win95- command.com and WinNT- >cmd.exe are much like traditional unix shells. They need a window provided >by a different program in which to operate -- just like you run bash in an >xterm or rxvt window. So, does anybody have a clue as to what program >provides the terminal window for cmd.exe / command.com under Win95? > >--Chuck -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com