getting Ubuntu-quality fonts / configuration under Cygwin/X
- by user5402
I have Cygwin/X installed on a Win7 box. I also have an Ubuntu VM running on the Win7 host.
If I do the following:
Start Xming on the Win7 box
Start mate-terminal under Cygwin/X
then mate-terminal starts up with very crappy-looking fonts and a blinking cursor.
(I'm using "Monospace 10" in mate-terminal.)
If I then do:
Use putty to ssh into the Ubuntu VM (fowarding the X connection)
Run gnome-settings-daemon on the Ubuntu VM
then the fonts in mate-terminal suddenly become much better looking and the cursor stops blinking (probably because I've configured it that way in Ubuntu.)
Question:
How can I get the better-looking fonts and the ability to set cursor-blinks option for mate-terminal under Cygwin/X without having to run the Ubuntu VM?
FWIW, I have Xming-fonts-7-5-0-4 installed.
Update: Starting Xming with '-dpi 101' as suggested here helps, but the fonts are still not anti-aliased.
