From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 69326 invoked by alias); 18 Mar 2016 14:43:54 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 69314 invoked by uid 89); 18 Mar 2016 14:43:53 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=nellis, Nellis, drag, folder X-HELO: USA7109MR001.ACS-INC.COM Received: from usa7109mr001.acs-inc.com (HELO USA7109MR001.ACS-INC.COM) (13.28.230.12) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:43:51 +0000 Received: from usa7109ht001.na.xerox.net ([13.41.230.31]) by USA7109MR001.ACS-INC.COM with ESMTP/TLS/AES128-SHA; 18 Mar 2016 09:43:49 -0500 Received: from USA7109MB022.na.xerox.net ([169.254.6.158]) by USA7109HT001.na.xerox.net ([13.41.230.31]) with mapi id 14.03.0224.002; Fri, 18 Mar 2016 09:43:48 -0500 From: "Nellis, Kenneth" To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" Subject: faster opening Cygwin from Explorer window Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:43:00 -0000 Message-ID: <0D835E9B9CD07F40A48423F80D3B5A702EAE5FD0@USA7109MB022.na.xerox.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-SW-Source: 2016-03/txt/msg00387.txt.bz2 I frequently ping-pong back and forth between working in the Windows and Cygwin environments, needing to keep both Explorer windows and Cygwin PWD focused on the same folder/directory. (I use mintty in Cygwin.) To open an Explorer window to my Cygwin PWD, I can simply type "cygstart .". The reverse is a clumsy bit of typing and mousing: From Cygwin/bash, enter= =20 "cd " (but not Return), go to my Explorer window and drag the folder=20 icon from the address bar into the mintty window and press return.=20 I'm looking for a simpler method. My ideal scenario is to right-click in the Explorer window, select the=20 new Cygwin option that I'd like to appear, and this would open a=20 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 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple