Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 13:01:43 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: cygwin idea #2 Message-ID: <20001226130143.C8290@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20001225185453.1850.qmail@softhome.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: ; from avraham.fraenkel@comMATCH.com on Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 08:45:23AM +0200 On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 08:45:23AM +0200, Avraham H. Fraenkel wrote: >1) I think it is OK, but environment set in a shell must overwrite everything > in registry. > One can look at the registry as a environment variable set by the CDE > environment at startup. >2) But cygwin is 'Unix' like - why not to use some default file for it. > it is more 'UNIX' like to use files instead of registry. We already have files to do this. They're called '.bashrc' or '.profile'. Also, as much as I don't want to stifle anyone's creative impulses, I guess I have to once again point out that there is a close to zero percent chance that anyone is scanning the mailing list looking for ideas to implement. We are not short on ideas. We're frighteningly short on people to do work. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple