From: Austin Ziegler Date: 2005-09-05T09:29:23+09:00 Subject: Re: windows shell On 9/4/05, Robert Klemme wrote: > Gaston Garcia wrote: > > Is there anyone here that uses Windows XP and uses a windows shell > > replacement? Which is a good alternative? > If you mean the command line shell: cygwin - there's even a Ruby package > that you can install. That's not a good replacement. It's substandard, at best. Frankly, cmd.exe is a lot better than most people think that it is. I've never needed anything else, and prefer using cmd.exe than cygwin/bash on Windows. Cygwin is a wholly unacceptable answer for a variety of reasons, but mostly because it tries to impose a totally different way of thinking on a system that doesn't map well that way. -austin -- Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com * Alternate: austin@halostatue.ca