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I’m starting a series of posts about my cygwin setup.

One of the main reasons, if not the main reason for installing cygwin is employ the use of a bash shell.  By default cygwin provides a link to the cygwin bash shell in the Start menu and on the desktop. The default cygwin shell is a bit ugly and I really prefer RXVT (ouR eXended Virtual Terminal).  RXVT it is not installed by default, you must select it during setup.  Rxvt’s $TERM variable is sets to “xterm” which is more universally recognized by other applications and ensures maximum interoperability with other systems.  Also, rxvt is far more configurable than the cygwin term.

Here’s how I’ve configured mine:

C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -sl 1500 -e /bin/bash --login -i

Pretty straight forward.

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