On 12/24/2015 3:27 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote: > > > On 24/12/2015 09:12, qrasmfu...@snkmail.com wrote: >> I've been using cygwin's rxvt (without X) for years, and prefer it to >> mintty both because I use rxvt on all my linux machines and because >> I've never liked putty. Despite most (but not all) of my Windows >> machines running 64-but windows7, I've procrastinated on switching to >> cygwin64, but I recently had to replace my laptop with a new Windows >> 10 machine, and figured I might as well install cygwin64. Everything >> went well until I discovered rxvt is not available in 64-bit. I found >> this thread (https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-09/msg00016.html) from >> 9/2013 in the archives, but there doesn't seem to have been any >> resolution. >> >> Is there any plan to port rxvt to cygwin64? > > no plan. > rxvt is dead upstream, and rxvt without X is a hell and without > a maintainer by long time >
Uhm not really a hell but is troublesome. You need to build the windows X emulation pieces first. The fact that upstream maintenance is dead will be a bigger issue. There may need to be items you need to deal with at the 64bit level. > mintty is a much better solution and with an active maintainer > Your opinion on the bike shed color but the fact that there is active development is a plus. -- cyg Simple -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
