Re: Scrollable bash and print to logfile

[Julie Dugdale]

Hi D3!

>   Given the short amount of time it takes to do a reinstall, I would take
that
>approach.  

OK thanks, I'll give it a go.

>The only thing you have to be aware of is that if you do it too often,
>your path as set in your autoexec.bat gets clogged with multiple copies of
the
>swarm paths because they don't get deleted with uninstall.  Eventually,
you should
>go in and clean them out.

No worries, I'm not planning to make a habit of it but thanks for the tip :-)

bye and thanks
Julie


>> >I have never ben successful at getting scrol bars on the Win 95/98 DOS
window
>> >(which is what bash uses.)  It works in NT.  The alternate is to get emacs
>> for
>> >windows.  (I'm sorry but I can't remember the site.  I'll bet one of the
>> drones
>> >can help with that.)  It is an easy install with one requirement, install
>> it on
>> >your C: drive.  When I make a new Swarn install I install emacs
followed by
>> >Cygnus and finaly Swarn.  Marcus has done such a good job with the Win
>> version
>> >of the install that Swarm autoimatically finds emacs and makes the Cygnus
>> shell
>> >its default.  All you have to do is start an emacs window, hit ESC-x,
type in
>> >the word "shell" followed by return and presto... bash in emacs.  Then you
>> have
>> >scroll bars and a whole lot more.
>> >I strongly recomend this approach.  Hope this helps...
>>
>> Yep, it certainly does. I'm sort of thinking about reinstalling everything.
>> I get the impression from your email that this would be simpler than
>> manully reconfiguring Swarm/Cygnus to use emacs? It is *really* hideous, or
>> is reinstallation a safter bet?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Julie


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