Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:45:03 +1100
From: Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd-tla@mega-nerd.com>
To: Arch Users <gnu-arch-users@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: darcs vs tla
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On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:22:41 +1100
Robert Collins <rbcollins@cygwin.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 06:42 +1100, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> > On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:12:53 -0600
> > John A Meinel <john@arbash-meinel.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > 2) cmd.exe isn't a great shell, so depending on cygwin is okay. They
> > >     actually made it quite a bit better than command.com, but bash is
> > >     still far better.
> > 
> > The best shell I've found under windows is the one that ships with
> > Msys/MinGW. Its actually an RXVT ported to run as a native windows
> > GUI app. By default it then runs bash with some extra mods to
> > so that C:\Windows\System\ becomes /c/Windows/System.
> 
> Thats the cygwin one :0.

I'm far from being an expert on this, but don't think it is.

Whenever I run cygwin, it seems to be a bash shell run inside cmd.exe
with cmd.exe's crappy fonts. The cygwin shell also needs 
/cygdrive/c/whatever while the mingw just needs /c/whatever. 

Finally, the Msys RXVT and bash shell do not need the cygwin DLL; they
link to mscrtl.dll instead.

Erik
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