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?
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what do you mean you can't copy/paste into cygwin? I have just tried it, from cmd window, and from cygwin mintty. I maybe have them in quickedit mode.– barlopCommented Oct 21, 2015 at 22:55
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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
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2another option is to setup the cygwin SSH server on your box, and use PuTTY to connect to localhost. i like this better than minTTY, because PuTTY's cut-n-paste is simpler out-of-the-box. but there are disadvantages: PuTTY doesn't log you into the same desktop session, so (1) you don't get the same network drives you've already mounted on your desktop (though you can mount them again), and (2) you can't start GUI apps from the PuTTY connection. so i usually end up with a PuTTY window for most terminal stuff, and a mintty window for the rest. Commented May 7, 2010 at 23:38
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1@quack quixote: setting up a ssh-server and using putty is simpler "out of the box" than using mintty (which is a hacked version of putty anyway)? :)– akiraCommented Jun 8, 2010 at 13:37
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@akira: what i said was that "PuTTY's cut-n-paste is simpler out-of-the-box". yeah, minTTY is hacked out of putty, but it's not really the same anymore. Commented Jun 8, 2010 at 14:18
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Fwiw, copy-on-select is enabled by default in the latest version of mintty.– ak2Commented Aug 7, 2010 at 22:09
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-1 Your entire answer contradicts the question. If it is the case that you can copy/paste into cygwin then you should make clear right at the start that you can copy/paste into cygwin, and even that you canjust as you can in the cmd window. Maybe he means you can't do ctrl-v though that's the same with cmd too.– barlopCommented Oct 21, 2015 at 22:58
I 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.
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requires an X-server (cygwin or other) tho. it's not a bad solution but X is an awful lot of overhead if you aren't using other X applications. Commented Jun 8, 2010 at 13:33
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2@quack quixote: not true, there are multiple rxvt packages in cygwin: "rxvt" works with pure windows, "rxvt-unicode-common" and "rxvt-unicode-X" need a Xserver. so, you can use rxvt with just pure windows and without a Xserver.– akiraCommented Jun 8, 2010 at 13:40
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1@quack quixote: but any rxvt sux compared to mintty anyway. it is the reasoning behind your anti-rxvt which is flawed, not the general direction :))– akiraCommented Jun 8, 2010 at 14:39
Mintty 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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@DavidPostill from memory, that looks maybe. an autohotkey script.– barlopCommented Oct 21, 2015 at 22:55
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