X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" To: References: <495917BA.1090401@gmail.com> <0E77A4429F494644A9C7CB6F6F3D2125@DFW5RB41> <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A211B41DD8@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> <20081230165106.GA5230@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <495AB264.8020800@gmail.com> <20081231010535.GA14257@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <495AF66C.4000608@etr-usa.com> Subject: RE: MinTTY Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:56:44 -0600 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <495AF66C.4000608@etr-usa.com> 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 > From: Warren Young > > Christopher Faylor wrote: > > > > 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? > > In this case, it could be one of MinTTY's settings, because > it can set up the environment before calling bash. > Yes, but there's the complication of "CYGWIN=" settings that have to be set before the Cygwin DLL even loads. I don't know how many of these 1.7 will obsolete, but it's something that probably requires some cogitation before implementing. > For that matter, MinTTY could also provide GUI access to bash > command line flags, a way to change the login shell by > modifying /etc/passwd, etc. It could be glorious! Well, or overachieving ;-). For me it'd just be great to have a nice terminal that didn't require an X server and had Windows native-y configuration and copy/paste. We'll get to that 21st century yet! -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- 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/