title: getting vi and rxvt to work in cygwin
body: <p>I am trying to use rxvt on my cygwin w win XP but the terminal appears and disappears. What could be wrong? This is true for all except rxvt-native . I have tried a few commands found online but with no success. I include 2 I have tried:</p>
  
  <pre><code>start C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -sb -sl 3000 -fg gray -bg black -fn "Lucida Console-14" -e /bin/bash --login -i
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>.</p>
  
  <pre><code>path C:\cygwin\bin;%path%
  ssh-agent rxvt -e bash --login -i
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Another problem I am facing is trying to get vi to work in my cygwin bash shell. Setting term to xterm or vt100 does not work. Hitting enter, I see a string 78 or some other issue pops up. I have never modified my .inputrc.</p>
  
  <p>My main issue was trying to get vi to work properly. I just found out that if I run 
  /etc/postinstall/terminfo.sh.done , I can now navigate properly in vi. The 78 (newline) M still appears but at least I can navigate in vi.</p>
  
  <p>Feb 25 - This problem went away after a few windows updates. Would it make sense to ANSWER my question on the basis that this is longer reproducible?</p>