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Re: SETUP: default to mintty
On Jul 25 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. 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.
Not a big problem, IMHO. Just as soon as we change setup, the postinstall
script should go away, I guess.
Corinna
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