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Re: faster opening Cygwin from Explorer window
- From: Jim Garrison <jhg at jhmg dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:48:44 -0700
- Subject: Re: faster opening Cygwin from Explorer window
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On 3/18/2016 7:52 AM, Tony Kelman wrote:
> Nellis, Kenneth <Kenneth.Nellis <at> xerox.com> writes:
>
>> My ideal scenario is to right-click in the Explorer window, select the
>> new Cygwin option that I'd like to appear, and this would open a
>> mintty/bash window with PWD set to that Windows folder.
>>
>> Long shot, I know, but if anyone has done this and is willing to share
>> I'd love to hear about it. BTW, I'm using Windows 7 and am current
>> on Cygwin 64-bit.
>>
>> --Ken Nellis
>
> Git for Windows has (used to have?) a "git bash here" explorer integration
> that I bet you could borrow and adapt into a "cygwin terminal here."
Cygwin already has this, in package "chere". Not sure if it's available
for 64-bit yet.
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