setup and mintty (was Re: New setup.exe release?)

[Andy Koppe]

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