— Terminal Emulator on Windows via Cygwin

How to install cygwin on windows:

1. Install Cygwin from setup.exe

2. Install the following packages:

   • xorg-server (required, the Cygwin X Server)
   • xinit (required, scripts for starting the X server: xinit, startx, startwin (and a shortcut on the Start Menu to run it), startxdmcp.bat )
   • xorg-docs (optional, man pages)
   • X-start-menu-icons (optional, adds shortcuts to X Clients and Server to the Start menu)
   • mintty (windows-feel terminal)
     

3. Optional Packages

   • openssh
   • git, svn
   • wget, curl
   • rsync
   • vim, emacs
   • any additional fonts

   
   

1. ~/.XDefaults dark theme:

   ! terminal colors ------------------------------------------------------------
   ! tangoesque scheme
   *background: #111111
   *foreground: #babdb6
   ! Black (not tango) + DarkGrey
   *color0:  #000000
   *color8:  #555753
   ! DarkRed + Red
   *color1:  #ff6565
   *color9:  #ff8d8d
   ! DarkGreen + Green
   *color2:  #93d44f
   *color10: #c8e7a8
   ! DarkYellow + Yellow
   *color3:  #eab93d
   *color11: #ffc123
   ! DarkBlue + Blue
   *color4:  #204a87
   *color12: #3465a4
   ! DarkMangenta + Mangenta
   *color5:  #ce5c00
   *color13: #f57900
   !DarkCyan + Cyan (both not tango)
   *color6:  #89b6e2
   *color14: #46a4ff
   ! LightGrey + White
   *color7:  #cccccc
   *color15: #ffffff
   

   Some more themes on the Arch forums.
   

2. ~/.bashrc To enable color ls and human readable size format, add:

   alias ls='ls -h --color=tty'
   

   By default, the .bashrc in CygwinX has many options you can uncomment.
   

3. ~/.emacs Disable emacs temp (~) file pooping

   (setq make-backup-files nil)
   

   
   

Result:

Other emulators for Windows: - Terminator/