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RE: cygwin -- getting *shell* to parse pipes & other unix cmd-line stuff
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Doug Lewan |
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RE: cygwin -- getting *shell* to parse pipes & other unix cmd-line stuff? |
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Wed, 3 Oct 2012 11:40:04 +0000 |
In both CYGWIN terminal and rxvt terminal I find that the middle mouse button
works to paste.
I hope this helps.
,Doug
> -----Original Message-----
> From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dougl=shubertticketing.com@gnu.org
> [mailto:help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dougl=shubertticketing.com@gnu.org] On
> Behalf Of David Combs
> Sent: Wednesday, 2012 October 03 00:40
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: cygwin -- getting *shell* to parse pipes & other unix cmd-line
> stuff?
>
> On XP, I've been using cygwin and emacs for some time now.
>
> One thing I have (incorrectly?) noted:
>
> If I do START --> run --> cmd-window, and get that
> little white-on-black blackboard-like window, yes
> I can run sh, etc, and it all seems to work, even
> complicated command-lines.
>
> A problem with that (horrible) method is that:
>
> a: there's no way to "paste" a long command or anything
> else into that window -- you have to type everything
> in *by hand*. So lots of typos you wouldn't have
> if you could just cut from somewhere and pasted
> into that blackboard-like window.
>
> b: no way to get it to go full-screen.
>
> c: and so on.
>
> But yes, you can at least run a unix command-line,
> pipes, `expand me exprs`, etc, all that good
> stuff.
>
> ----
>
> What would be really NICE would to be able to do
> that from *shell*.
>
> But I don't seem able to run the cygwin "sh" or
> "tcsh" in *shell*. I can run cygwin stuff ok,
> but not in complicated unix-like commands; it works
> for me only if I do it one thing at a time, via
> simple commands.
>
> Question: is there a way to run complex command-lines
> in *shell*?
>
> If so, how?
>
>
> thanks!
>
> David
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