From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8716 invoked by alias); 25 Jul 2011 23:59:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 8699 invoked by uid 22791); 25 Jul 2011 23:59:57 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nm14.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (HELO nm14.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com) (98.138.90.77) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with SMTP; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:59:39 +0000 Received: from [98.138.90.54] by nm14.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 25 Jul 2011 23:59:38 -0000 Received: from [98.138.226.57] by tm7.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 25 Jul 2011 23:59:38 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp208.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 25 Jul 2011 23:59:38 -0000 X-Yahoo-SMTP: jenXL62swBAWhMTL3wnej93oaS0ClBQOAKs8jbEbx_o- Received: from cgf.cx (cgf@108.20.226.5 with login) by smtp208.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 Jul 2011 16:59:37 -0700 PDT Received: from localhost (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86C8B13C002 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:59:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:59:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: SETUP: default to mintty Message-ID: <20110725235925.GB15971@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <20110725091106.GN29727@calimero.vinschen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2011-07/txt/msg00118.txt.bz2 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