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On 09-05-2011 18:10, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> Chris and I are wondering how many people are using the Windows console
> as local console window in CYGWIN=tty mode and why.

I have, perhaps unnecessarily, tty defined (as well as ntsec).

My typical use of cygwin involves opening a cygwin window using a 
desktop shortcut (link til bat file):

@echo off
C:
chdir C:\cygwin\bin
bash --login -i

I generelly use command line editing a lot (is tty necessary for that?).

My other use is to open a Command window using windows explorer to have 
it change directory to the shown directory (shift-right click->Open 
Command Windows Here). From that windows I type "C:\cygwin\bin\bash -l" 
to get a cygwin prompt. There I type "cd -" to get back to the chosen 
directory to perform whatever task I need (mostly grep, find, running 
make, again some command line editing, rarely using an editor).

If tty doesn't make a difference for my use, I have little objection to 
removing it.

Bernhard

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