[u-u] Terminal Emulation

Bill Duncan, 416-697-9315 bduncan at beachnet.org
Mon May 9 19:18:30 EDT 2011


I forgot to mention that even copy/paste works with the cygwin X env.
Mark with your favourite combination of left and right buttons, middle
click to paste.  Just like the *real thing*[tm].


[Bill Duncan, 416-697-9315 said:]
> 
> I agree with Bruce.  Putty == pure punishment.
> Install cygwin with X and use xterms and, while not perfect, is about
> the best you can do with that lame OS..
> 
> 
> [Hello Kittyhawk said:]
> > 
> > On Mon, 9 May 2011, Renata Rocha wrote:
> > 
> > |This might be a very silly and unoportune question because it has some
> > |non-unix influence on it, but I have no idea where to ask.
> > |
> > |I happen to be managing different kinds of unixes, mostly Solaris 10.
> > |
> > |I have to connect to these instances using Putty. Yes, it's a windows
> > |machine. How to make the terminal on the other side talk to putty on a
> > |more friendly way? I noticed it's VT100, but when I open vi... my
> > |life's over. Editing a file is pain and suffering. I set the term for
> > |vt100, exported, yadda yadda, but I can't use backspace/delete.
> > |
> > |Any help on making my life better would be appreciated.
> > 
> > 
> > 	install Cygwin - http://www.cygwin.com/
> > 
> > 
> > O .		Bruce Becker	Toronto, Ontario	+1 416 410 0879
> >   o  _///_ //	Email: bdb at GTS.Infra-service.CA
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