RE: faster opening Cygwin from Explorer window

2016-03-20 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
Marco Atzeri sent the following at Friday, March 18, 2016 11:01 AM >On 18/03/2016 15:43, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: >> I frequently ping-pong back and forth between working in the Windows >> and Cygwin environments, needing to keep both Explorer windows and >> Cygwin PWD focused on the same folder/dire

Re: faster opening Cygwin from Explorer window

2016-03-19 Thread Warren Young
On Mar 18, 2016, at 11:48 AM, Jim Garrison wrote: > > On 3/18/2016 7:52 AM, Tony Kelman wrote: >> Nellis, Kenneth xerox.com> writes: >> >>> My ideal scenario is to right-click in the Explorer window, select the >>> new Cygwin option that I'd like to appear, and this would open a >>> mintty/ba

Re: faster opening Cygwin from Explorer window

2016-03-19 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 18/03/2016 15:43, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: I frequently ping-pong back and forth between working in the Windows and Cygwin environments, needing to keep both Explorer windows and Cygwin PWD focused on the same folder/directory. (I use mintty in Cygwin.) To open an Explorer window to my Cygwin P

Re: faster opening Cygwin from Explorer window

2016-03-19 Thread Jim Garrison
On 3/18/2016 7:52 AM, Tony Kelman wrote: > Nellis, Kenneth xerox.com> writes: > >> My ideal scenario is to right-click in the Explorer window, select the >> new Cygwin option that I'd like to appear, and this would open a >> mintty/bash window with PWD set to that Windows folder. >> >> Long sho

RE: faster opening Cygwin from Explorer window

2016-03-19 Thread Nellis, Kenneth
> On Mar 18, 2016, at 11:48 AM, Jim Garrison wrote: > > > > Cygwin already has this, in package "chere". Not sure if it's available > > for 64-bit yet. > Hey, thanx Jim et al. Just what the doctor ordered! BTW, wanting to see some documentation on this package before I install, I chanced to ru

faster opening Cygwin from Explorer window

2016-03-19 Thread Nellis, Kenneth
I frequently ping-pong back and forth between working in the Windows and Cygwin environments, needing to keep both Explorer windows and Cygwin PWD focused on the same folder/directory. (I use mintty in Cygwin.) To open an Explorer window to my Cygwin PWD, I can simply type "cygstart .". The revers

Re: faster opening Cygwin from Explorer window

2016-03-18 Thread Tony Kelman
Nellis, Kenneth xerox.com> writes: > My ideal scenario is to right-click in the Explorer window, select the > new Cygwin option that I'd like to appear, and this would open a > mintty/bash window with PWD set to that Windows folder. > > Long shot, I know, but if anyone has done this and is wil