Cygwin Embedded In Console2 Under Windows 7

I like to use Cygwin for having a bash shell on a windows machine. In combination with Console2 you have a powerful command-line tool for windows. I'd like to describe how to install Cygwin and Console2 under windows 7 (I think this instruction works on Windows XP, too) and how to embed Cygwin in Console2. I used for Cygwin version 1.7.17-1 32bit and for Console2 version 2.00b148-Beta_32bit.

Cygwin Installation

  1. Download setup.exe.
  2. Double click on setup.exe starts the installation.
  3. Follow the set up instruction. As installation location I use c:\cygwin.
  4. Go to c:\cygwin and run Cygwin.bat for setting up Cygwin user home etc.

Console2 Installation

  1. Download zip file.
  2. Unzip it into installation location.
  3. Start Console2 with a double click on Console2.exe.

How to embed Cygwin in Console2

  1. Open Console2.
  2. Go to Edit -> Settings.
  3. Go to  Tab
  4. In field title insert for example bash. It is the name of the first tab in Console2.
  5. In field Shell you have to insert C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --login -i (Don't forget c:\cygwin is your installation folder).
  6. In field Startup dir you can insert C:\cygwin\home\user.name. This folder is used at every Console2 start.
  1. Cygwin Homepage
  2. Console2 Homepage
  3. Good short feature overview of Cygwin on the Wikipedia page