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Re: versions/compatibilities FAQ request


Chris Faylor wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 07:31:48PM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> >--- Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> wrote:
> >>On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 08:39:12PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
> >>>The shortcut in the start menu, for starters.  Should we change it?  If
> >>>so, to what?
> >>

> You know what?  It shouldn't even be Cygwin.  It should be Bash.  That's
> what gets started, right?  But then we get people who think that the
> whole system is "bash".

> So, how about naming the shortcut "Cygwin Bash Shell"?

In fact, that's what I call the desktop shortcut on my machine.  So every time
I run setup it happily adds (another) "cygwin" shortcut icon.  O well,
shortcuts aren't all that expensive.
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 by my actions a great sinner" -- The Way of a Pilgrim [R. M. French, tr.]



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