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Re: SETUP: default to mintty
- From: Andy Koppe <andy dot koppe at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:49:35 +0100
- Subject: Re: SETUP: default to mintty
- References: <20110725091106.GN29727@calimero.vinschen.de>
On 25 July 2011 10:11, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> [This time *with* patch...]
>
> Hi guys,
>
> we discussed this back in May already, but somehow we didn't get a
> final result. ÂThe thread was kind of confusing, so I re-open a new
> one now.
>
> We talked about using mintty as our default shell. ÂI created a setup
> patch which I attached to this mail again. ÂInstead of "Cygwin Bash
> Shell" in the start menu and "Cygwin" on the desktop, it creates
> "Cygwin Terminal" shortcuts in both of them.
>
> Is that ok?
If I remember correctly, we were going to go with just "Cygwin" on the
desktop. I'll have a proper look later.
> Apart from that, why is mintty still not in the "Base" category?
> Just laziness on our side?
I kept on putting it off because there was always that one more bug to
fix. No excuses now that I've bumped it to 1.0.
>ÂSome really important reason?
My one remaining concern is the postinstall script, which would create
the "Cygwin/mintty" start menu entry for every Cygwin user, whether
they want it or not. Deleting it wouldn't help either, as it would
come back at the next mintty update.
Andy