X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:43:04 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: MinTTY Message-ID: <20081231054304.GB17754@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <495917BA DOT 1090401 AT gmail DOT com> <0E77A4429F494644A9C7CB6F6F3D2125 AT DFW5RB41> <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A211B41DD8 AT NIHMLBX02 DOT nih DOT gov> <20081230165106 DOT GA5230 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <495AB264 DOT 8020800 AT gmail DOT com> <20081231010535 DOT GA14257 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <495AF66C DOT 4000608 AT etr-usa DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <495AF66C.4000608@etr-usa.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Note-from-DJ: This may be spam On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 09:34:52PM -0700, Warren Young wrote: > 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. > > 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 would have to do that since the CYGWIN environment settings have to be settable by the user. 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/