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<blockquote><i>things like this are really related to the terminal, not the shell; cmd doesn't have the separate concepts.</i></blockquote>
<p>Indeed. Whilst things like rcmd.exe and PsExec.exe are available to give remote command line shells, Windows takes a different tack to accessing remote resources.
<P>Ie. It tends to run local processes that can access and change the resources on the remote machine. Each model has it pros and cons.
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Though the rectangular select (as opposed to the default stream-like select in bash) makes it still mostly useless to me except in a few specific situations. Got any way to get the other kind of select?
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<p>Not that am aware of, but I've never found it to be a limitation. 'cept maybe occasionally having to trim a copied command prompt after paste but before hitting enter.
<blockquote><i>I personally run PuTTY on windows to log into a linux box, so cut and paste between everything works just fine.</i></blockquote>
<p>You mean you never run *nix as a local OS?
<blockquote><i> one more thing that frustrates me about the command prompt: Can't resize it by simply dragging the window corner.</i></blockquote>
<p>Hm As default that is true, but I have it configured ( properties->defaults->layout ) to use a 1000x1000 buffer, which means I can just drag to resize my window.
<P>I don't have the aversion many people seems to have to scroll bars and horizontal scrolling. And most f the time my COmmand shell windows -- along with most every other application I use -- is maximised. I switch between them using Alt-Tab as needed.
<p>But different strokes for different folks. :)
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