X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: jenXL62swBAWhMTL3wnej93oaS0ClBQOAKs8jbEbx_o- Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 13:26:51 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: CYGWIN=tty round 2 Message-ID: <20110523172651.GB876@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20110522211906.GA13428@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <1306119201.4572.4.camel@YAAKOV04> <20110523060204.GA26130@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110523060204.GA26130@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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 [sorry. I don't seem to be able to send a typo-free message lat3ly.] On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 02:02:04AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 09:53:12PM -0500, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: >>On Sun, 2011-05-22 at 17:19 -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>>I don't think we saw anyone step forward with a valid reason why they >>>needed to use CYGWIN=tty over something like "mintty". >>> >>>I've summarized the thread where Corinna asked why people used >>>CYGWIN=tty over CYGWIN=notty below. >>> >>>I don't see any showstoppers here so unless people can provide specific >>>examples of how this change would cause hardwhip, we'll be removing >>>CYGWIN=tty in a snapshot near you soon. >> >>I could add XWin: >> >>http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9763 >> >>And once again, using mintty is a solution. >> >>Since mintty is the solution to so many of these scenarios, shouldn't >>we make it the default terminal (IOW add mintty to Base and replace the >>Cygwin.bat shortcut with mintty's)? The status quo just encourages >>people to use a deficient terminal without any idea that a better one >>exists. > >I may be missing something but I don't see how the above is not a bug. is a bug. -- 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