On 24 May 2011 13:31, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On May 24 12:18, Andy Koppe wrote: >> On 24 May 2011 10:15, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> > On May 23 21:14, Andy Koppe wrote: >> >> >> I also think the console's start menu entry in the Cygwin folder >> >> should be kept, perhaps with a new name. "Console" vs "Terminal"? >> > >> > Why? >> >> As a straightforward answer to questions along these lines: >> >> - I loved the old Cygwin Bash Shell with its endearingly quirky >> scrolling and copy'n'paste. Where did it go? >> >> - Mysql/Python/Java/Cmd.exe/other_interactive_non_cygwin_program >> doesn't work properly in this crappy new terminal. Can you make them >> work again please. > > FAQ answer: Double-click Cygwin.bat in the Cygwin installation dir. > > Sounds sufficiently straightforward to me.
I strongly believe in the principles stated here: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000062.html ;) Oh well, in for a penny, in for a pound. I guess we can revisit the issue if it gets too painful. > Apart from that, keeping > the "Cygwin Bash Shell" menu entry requires another check button in > Setup's "Create Icons" menu. Not necessarily. Renaming the existing option to "Add start menu folder" or some such could cover both "Console" and "Terminal". Andy
