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1 JamesSpooner 1 If you must, or prefer to use Windows, here's a few tips to get decent unix integration with [Cygwin].
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4 !!Shell:
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6 The standard Cygwin shell is a bit boring, I prefer using the native Win32 rxvt as follows.
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8 Create a shortcut with:
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11 C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -sl 10000 -fn 14 -fg '#F8F8F8' -bg black -e /bin/bash -l
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14 This will give you 10000 lines of scrollback, grey on black and a decent shell setup properly.
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16 !!UTF-8:
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18 Good question, I don't know how to use this without using the X (non native windows) version of RXVT.
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21 !!SSH:
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23 Just use the openssh install, down with putty and it's confusing setting dialog and funny fonts.
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26 !!X Server:
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28 [Xming|http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming] is a nicer version of the X server that comes with cygwin, it's free and integrates nicely with the systray etc.
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30 The key I found when using Cygwin SSH X-Forwarding, is that it will try to use a unix socket, if the DISPLAY variable doesn't have a hostname in it.
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32 The fix is simple:
33 <start Xming>
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36 DISPLAY=localhost:0 ssh -X some.server.org
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39 If you don't, it'll fail with something like:
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42 ~[you@someserver~~~]$ xeyes
43 connect /tmp/.X11-unix/X0: Connection refused
44 X connection to localhost:10.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
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47 !!Apt-get:
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49 There are a couple of tools to do this, cyg-apt and apt-cyg. Both have different bugs and seem to be relatively unmaintained .. shame.