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Re: SETUP: default to mintty
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 09:18:13PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote:
>On 25 July 2011 12:49, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> 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. ??The thread was kind of confusing, so I re-open a new
>>> one now.
>>>
>>> We talked about using mintty as our default shell. ??I created a setup
>>> patch which I attached to this mail again. ??Instead 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.
>
>Problem: the shortcuts have the classic Cygwin icon whereas the
>resulting terminal window has the mintty (n??e Konsole) icon. Worse, on
>Windows 7 at least, the Cygwin icon also appears in the taskbar. It
>needs to be the same icon throughout.
>
>That raises the obvious question: which one? I vote for mintty's, but
>of course I'm biased. I don't think the classic Cygwin icon is fit for
>purpose anymore, because of its jagged lines and because the black 'C'
>is invisible on dark backgrounds.
FWIW, I agree.
cgf