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Date:	Fri, 9 Jul 2010 08:58:09 +0100
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Subject:	Re: configure rxvt on cygwin 1.7.5
From:	Andy Koppe <andy DOT koppe AT gmail DOT com>
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On 9 July 2010 08:51, philippe wrote:
>>> For your -e option, simply run mintty with a single "-" as the only
>>> option, i.e. "mintty -". =C2=A0That will tell mintty to run an interact=
ive
>>> login shell for your user as specified in /etc/passwd.
>
> if i add in the Cygwin.bat the line
>
> mintty -t myminty -
>
> mintty is launched with the good configuration at startup but there is
> an additional =C2=A0cmd window which doesn't close after the mintty is
> launched (but i can close it mnually).

If you invoke it from there, you'll need to precede it with the 'start' com=
mand:

start mintty -t myminty -

The cmd window will still flash up briefly though, which you can avoid
by invoking mintty from a shortcut.


>> Good advice. Also, it's easiest just to invoke mintty from the start
>> menu shortcut in the Cygwin folder that's created when mintty is
>> installed. That already has that '-' argument.
>
> just a remark : after the standard cygwin installation I've a single
> short cut to Cygwin.bat in the start menu cygwin folder nothing else ...?=
??

The shortcut should have been created if you installed mintty by
selecting it in Cygwin setup.exe.

Andy

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