From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28755 invoked by alias); 13 Dec 2011 11:34:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 21573 invoked by uid 22791); 13 Dec 2011 11:33:59 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.83/v0.83-20-g38e4449) with ESMTP; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:33:46 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id E5C732C01DE; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:33:43 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:34:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Latest cygwin.bat - need one Message-ID: <20111213113343.GD23590@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20111212054801.GD4028@mrvideo.vidiot.com> <20111212063131.GE4028@mrvideo.vidiot.com> <4EE62188.5050000@cornell.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4EE62188.5050000@cornell.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) 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 X-SW-Source: 2011-12/txt/msg00294.txt.bz2 On Dec 12 10:45, Ken Brown wrote: > On 12/12/2011 1:31 AM, Mike Brown wrote: > >On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 11:48:01PM -0600, Mike Brown wrote: > >Suggestions for document improvement: > > > >FAQ addition to show how to modify the cygwin.bat file, or a copied file for > >modification, in order to be able to run rxvt to start a better terminal. > >This would solve the issue of users upgrading and their BAT file being broken. > >Be sure to explain that "/bin/" is now required. > > > >Same thing with the main documention. There are pieces about starting the > >shell, but absolutely nothing about using a better terminal (rxvt) and how > >to start/configure it. > > > >Hell, why not make the use of rxvt standard in the default BAT file. The > >rxvt terminal is many times superior to the Windblows cmd terminal. > > There is no longer a default BAT file, and the Windows console is no The Cygwin.bat file is still created for those who want to continue using it. The desktop and start menu shortcuts just don't refer to it. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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