X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_05 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4DC950CB.3010108@ege.cc> Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 16:50:51 +0200 From: Bernhard Ege User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why? References: <20110509161028.GJ27739@calimero.vinschen.de> In-Reply-To: <20110509161028.GJ27739@calimero.vinschen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 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 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple