On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:30:52 +0100, Dave Korn wrote: > We already get plenty of questions about the difference between a > console and a terminal. Don't think it'll be any different really. > Let's call the shortcuts "Cygwin Console" and "Cygwin GUI Terminal", > and then people will think it's obvious why there's two of them.
KISS: having two options *will* lead to confusion. Whenever mintty becomes the default Cygwin shell, then the default Cygwin shortcuts should point to "mintty -", period. Another side effect of switching to mintty is the (lack of) need for CYGWIN=tty. This option has lead to much confusion in the past, and with mintty it will no longer be necessary. It might be a bit too WJM to outright remove it, but at a minimum the documentation will need to be updated and possibly the option renamed so that it is obvious that it should not be used. Yaakov
