Good Alternative to Cygwin with Copy/Paste?
I am annoyed that I can't copy and paste into Cygwin... is there a good alternative to Cygwin that will let me do this?
18 Answers
From the official Cygwin FAQ:
How can I copy and paste into Cygwin console windows?
First, consider using mintty instead of the standard console window. In mintty, selecting with the left-mouse also copies, and middle-mouse pastes. It couldn't be easier!
In Windows's console window, open the properties dialog. The options contain a toggle button, named "Quick edit mode". It must be ON. Save the properties.
You can also bind the insert key to paste from the clipboard by adding the following line to your .inputrc file:
"\e[2~": paste-from-clipboard the best terminal emulator for cygwin is 'mintty'
1I use rxvt. It is a nice terminal emulator, command shell, that comes with cygwin. You need to install it separately, since it isn't installed by default of cygwin.
It is so much better that the windows command prompt. You can resize windows both horizontally an vertically (without scroll bar problems). When you select and copy text, it selects newlines etc correctly (not the stupid block copy of windows). And you can paste using shift-insert.
Give it a try. You might like it.
4Mintty or Console2 are good options.
You can also use PuTTY or KiTTY to ssh into your own machine, if you first set up sshd on your Cygwin install.
I just pipe everything into putclip and get it from stdout via getclip
Use puttycyg instead of putty; you can log into your local cygwin session (no sshd required) and copy & paste is just a select & right-click away.
This is an alternative I use. (Using AHK program)
;Paste w/Cywgin (CTRL+SHIFT+V)^+v:: { :*:pste:: Send %clipboard% return }
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