[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #905: WinGrass: include patched msys.bat in the WinGrass-Installer

GRASS GIS trac at osgeo.org
Thu Feb 4 19:16:29 EST 2010


#905: WinGrass: include patched msys.bat in the WinGrass-Installer
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  Reporter:  hellik           |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
      Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  closed                   
  Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  6.4.0                    
 Component:  Packaging        |     Version:  svn-develbranch6         
Resolution:  fixed            |    Keywords:  wingrass, msys           
  Platform:  MSWindows Vista  |         Cpu:  Unspecified              
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Comment (by glynn):

 Replying to [comment:4 hamish]:

 > > The default shell on Windows should be %COMSPEC% or cmd.exe. If
 > > you want to offer bash as an alternative, run it in a Windows
 > > console, not the brain-dead rxvt port which doesn't work with
 > > anything (mostly because it's not a tty according to isatty()).
 >
 > accckk... I'll take a brain-dead rxvt over a fully functional
 > cmd.exe box any day. If only because you can resize to something
 > other than 80 columns on a modern widescreen LCD.

 The console isn't limited to 80 columns; that restriction only applied to
 the DOS-based branch (95/98/ME), not to NT/2K/XP. From the Window menu (
 Alt-Space), select Properties, then the Layout tab: there are controls to
 change the width.

 > Examples in the help pages work, it's rather useful, ...

 However, it's not a tty, so trying to use python, wish, gdb, etc
 interactively doesn't work as expected. Also, rxvt seems to have a roughly
 50% chance of crashing every time you try to paste text into it.

 > anyway, the intaller gives 3 menu items/icons: with no terminal,
 > with a cmd.exe terminal, and with the MSys terminal.

 Don't conflate console/rxvt with cmd.exe/bash; either shell can be run in
 either terminal emulator. If you want a bash option, bash-in-console is
 somewhat more robust than bash-in-rxvt.

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