Mintty works on all Windows versions from Windows XP onwards. Similarly to other Cygwin/MSYS terminals based on pseudo terminal ('pty') devices, however, mintty is not a full replacement for the Windows Console window (by default running the Windows Command Processor / command prompt / cmd.exe).
Cygwin Get that feeling - on Windows Installing and Updating Cygwin Packages Installing and Updating Cygwin for 64-bit versions of Windows Run any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package for 64-bit windows. The for can be used to verify the validity of this binary using public key. Installing and Updating Cygwin for 32-bit versions of Windows Run any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package for 32-bit windows. The for can be used to verify the validity of this binary using public key. General installation notes When installing packages for the first time, setup.exe does not install every package. Only the minimal base packages from the Cygwin distribution are installed by default, which takes up about 100 MB. Clicking on categories and packages in the setup.exe package installation screen allows you to select what is installed or updated.
Individual packages like bash, gcc, less, etc. Are released independently of the Cygwin DLL, so the Cygwin DLL version is not useful as a general Cygwin release number. The setup.exe utility tracks the versions of all installed components and provides the mechanism for installing or updating everything available from this site for Cygwin. Once you've installed your desired subset of the Cygwin distribution, setup.exe will remember what you selected so rerunning the program will update your system with any new package releases. On Windows Vista and later, setup.exe will check by default if it runs with administrative privileges and, if not, will try to elevate the process.
If you want to avoid this behaviour and install under an unprivileged account just for your own usage, run setup.exe with the -no-admin option. Q: How do I add a package to my existing Cygwin installation? A: Run the setup program and select the package you want to add. Tip: if you don't want to also upgrade existing packages, select 'Keep' at the top-right of the package chooser page. Q: Is there a command-line installer? A: Yes and no. The setup.exe program understands which allow you to control its behavior and choose individual packages to install.
While this provides some functionality similar to such tools as apt-get or yum it is not as full-featured as those package managers. Q: Why not use apt, yum, my favourite package manager, etc.? A: The basic reason for not using a more full-featured package manager is that such a program would need full access to all of Cygwin's POSIX functionality.
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That is, however, difficult to provide in a Cygwin-free environment, such as exists on first installation. Additionally, Windows does not easily allow overwriting of in-use executables so installing a new version of the Cygwin DLL while a package manager is using the DLL is problematic. Q: How do I install everything? A: You do not want to do this! This will install an enormous number of packages that you will never use, including debuginfo and source for every package. If you really must do this, clicking on the 'Default' label next to the 'All' category to change it to 'Install' will mark every Cygwin package for installation.
Be advised that this will download and install tens of gigabytes of files to your computer. Q: How do I verify the signature of setup?
$ gpg -recv-key 676041BA gpg: requesting key 676041BA from hkp server keys.gnupg.net gpg: key 676041BA: public key 'Cygwin ' imported gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model gpg: depth: 0 valid: 3 signed: 0 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 3u gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 $ gpg -verify setup-x8664.exe.sig setup-x8664.exe gpg: Signature made 26 Jul 2018 23:18:16 BST using DSA key ID 676041BA gpg: Good signature from 'Cygwin ' gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature! Gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner. Primary key fingerprint: 1169 DF9F 2273 4F74 3AA5 9232 A9A2 62FF 6760 41BA Q: What's the hash of setup?
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A: See Q: How do I help improve setup? A: See the project page for more information.
Is a fantastic piece of software that smoothes some of the edges of the Windows command line experience. You should use it and here’s why:. MinTTY comes with Cygwin Installing MinTTY is trivial: just select the mintty package in Cygwin’s setup.exe and point your Cygwin shortcut to C: cygwin bin mintty.exe. The trailing hyphen is important. Sane copy and paste By default, MinTTY copies on select and pastes on right-click, just like Linux. However, you can make it behave like a typical Windows application and show a context menu upon right-click.
I won’t bother explaining how difficult copying and pasting is in standard Windows consoles. Resizing MinTTY supports arbitrary window sizes, including maximized. Works with less/emacs/ssh Because MinTTY is based on PuTTY, it doesn’t display output strangely when running emacs over ssh, among other examples. It’s FAST Anyone who has done command line work on Windows has surely noticed that, when a program spews output to the console, system performance nosedives.
Sometimes, even the mouse cursor skips, making it hard to kill the program responsible. MinTTY doesn’t have this problem — it uses minimal CPU, even under heavy load. Doesn’t bypass RSI Guard Five years ago, I was diagnosed with repetitive stress injuries from programming.
To make matters worse, I get obsessive when I work, and nothing can pull me away from the keyboard. Keeps my wrists and elbows pain-free by enforcing short, periodic breaks. However years of exposure to RSI Guard has caused me to discover its holes. For example, native console windows bypass RSI Guard’s protection, so when RSI Guard blocked keyboard and mouse input, I would quickly switch to typing in a console window and continue to work. Because MinTTY is a standard Windows application, it closes this backdoor. Closes even when programs are backgrounded Open a fresh Cygwin and type notepad & followed by exit.
The Cygwin console sticks open until you close Notepad. In MinTTY, you can always close the window, no matter how many background processes you’ve started. Alt-F2 opens a new terminal window Pure convenience: Alt-F2 opens a new terminal.
No need to reach for the mouse. Shift-PageUp and Shift-PageDown!
For rapidly paging through previous lines of output, you can press Shift-PageUp and Shift-PageDown, just like the Linux console. Another huge convenience. Author Posted on. “MinTTY comes with Cygwin” Score: +1 for you 2.
“Sane copy and paste” The dos console on my xp box has exactly the same copy and paste behavior as Linux. “Resizing” My dos console also maximizes to full screen, minimizes to the tray and/or reverts to its former arbitrary size. “Works with less/emacs/ssh” Score +2/3 for you. I ssh on my dos console using python/paramiko/pycrypto. “It’s FAST” Can you prove it? “Doesn’t bypass RSI Guard” Score +1 for you 7. “Closes even when programs are backgrounded” Why is this important?
The command “notepad & exit” on dos works, only the sequence differs. “Alt-F2 opens a new terminal window without a mouse” I use hotkeys to do the same. “Shift-PageUp and Shift-PageDown!” Huh? Is that different from just pgup or pgdn? Good article. I agree that minTTY has its charms.
Ciao, Bill. Mintty doesn’t directly support changing ansi color mappings. But i found out how to get the cool desert color scheme in mintty!! Just copy/paste these escape sequences or add it to your.bashrc. Echo -e “ e4;15;#ffffff a” echo -e “ e4;14;#ffd700 a” echo -e “ e4;13;#ff55ff a” echo -e “ e4;12;#87ceeb a” echo -e “ e4;11;#ffff55 a” echo -e “ e4;10;#55ff55 a” echo -e “ e4;9;#ff5555 a” echo -e “ e4;8;#555555 a” echo -e “ e4;7;#f5deb3 a” echo -e “ e4;6;#ffa0a0 a” echo -e “ e4;5;#ffdead a” echo -e “ e4;4;#cd853f a” echo -e “ e4;3;#f0e68c a” echo -e “ e4;2;#98fb98 a” echo -e “ e4;1;#ff2b2b a” echo -e “ e4;0;#4d4d4d a” Set the foreground, background and cursor color from the UI. I suggest foreground = 255,255,255 background = 51,51,51 cursor = 0,255,0 Enjoy.
I’ve been using MinTTY for a while now, but wasn’t aware of some of these features. Thanks for the article. Another handy thing is adding a menu entry to the shell, so you can select “Mintty here” in Windows Explorer and open a Mintty terminal at that current directory. For this example, first install the “chere” package in Cygwin setup, then add the following registry entries: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 HKEYCLASSESROOT Directory shell mintty @=”Mintty Here” HKEYCLASSESROOT Directory shell mintty command @=”c: cygwin bin mintty.exe -e /bin/xhere /bin/bash.exe ”%L ”” HKEYCLASSESROOT Drive shell mintty @=”Mintty Here” HKEYCLASSESROOT Drive shell mintty command @=”c: cygwin bin mintty.exe -e /bin/xhere /bin/bash.exe ”%L ”” Copy those into a file “cygwin-mintty-here.reg” then right-click and select “Merge.” Done! To remove the menu entry, add the following to a file, (e.g., “cygwin-mintty-hereremove.reg”) and Merge: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 -HKEYCLASSESROOT Directory shell mintty -HKEYCLASSESROOT Drive shell mintty Thanks for the tips! Craig –EOM.