— Terminal Emulator on Windows via Cygwin
How to install cygwin on windows:
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)
Optional Packages
- openssh
- git, svn
- wget, curl
- rsync
- vim, emacs
- any additional fonts
~/.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.~/.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.~/.emacs Disable emacs temp (~) file pooping
(setq make-backup-files nil)
Result:
Other emulators for Windows: - Terminator/