Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: darcs vs tla

[Zenaan Harkness]

On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 06:42, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:12:53 -0600
> John A Meinel <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > 2) cmd.exe isn't a great shell, so depending on cygwin is okay. They
> >     actually made it quite a bit better than command.com, but bash is
> >     still far better.
> 
> The best shell I've found under windows is the one that ships with
> Msys/MinGW. Its actually an RXVT ported to run as a native windows
> GUI app. By default it then runs bash with some extra mods to
> so that C:\Windows\System\ becomes /c/Windows/System.

What are the actual _improvements_ over say, cygwin's bash?

Eg:
$ cp /cygdrive/c/Windows/blah .

works just fine...

and install cygwin-xfree86 + xterm, and you've got a real resizable
xterm with bash too...

heaven when you're stuck on Windows (which I expunged from my laptop and
workstations about three years ago now...

cheers
zen