X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:05:35 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: MinTTY Message-ID: <20081231010535.GA14257@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <495917BA.1090401@gmail.com> <0E77A4429F494644A9C7CB6F6F3D2125@DFW5RB41> <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A211B41DD8@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> <20081230165106.GA5230@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <495AB264.8020800@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <495AB264.8020800@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Note-from-DJ: This may be spam On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 11:44:36PM +0000, Andy Koppe wrote: > Christopher Faylor wrote: >> I wouldn't mind making MinTTY a regular cygwin package. It sounds like it >> would get enough votes. > > That would be great. I'll need to read up on the package submission > requirements and process. Unless someone would like to volunteer as the > MinTTY package maintainer? > >> In fact, if it operates like an xterm on Windows >> maybe it should even be the default program that is invoked by cygwin.bat. > > I'd certainly like that, although unfortunately MinTTY doesn't quite fit > the bill yet due to Issue 4 about leaving the console window open. And of > course it needs a lot more testing. That's always an irritating issue. > Speaking of cygwin.bat, is that actually still needed? I find that bash can > be invoked more directly through a shortcut, and working directory and icon > can be set there too. The same works for mintty. I think the only reason to use cygwin.bat is to set the cygwin environment variable before bash starts. There's no way to do that with a shortcut is there? cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/