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Re: Useful Cygwinism: "Explorer Here"
- From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gerrit at familiehaase dot de>
- To: "Kilroy, David" <david dot kilroy at detroitdiesel dot com>
- Cc: "Marc Chantreux" <chantreux dot marc at wanadoo dot fr>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:01:31 +0200
- Subject: Re: Useful Cygwinism: "Explorer Here"
- Organization: Esse keine toten Tiere
- References: <0DB4E7930F5CD411AC93009027EE744C0DE76607@ddcexch.ddcnet.detroitdiesel.com>
- Reply-to: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gerrit at familiehaase dot de>
David schrieb:
>> Marc schrieb:
>>
>> >>>http://www.metagenia.com/~mchantreux/cygwin.html
>>
>> >>>Just :
>>
>> >>>$SHELL="/bin/bash"
>>
>> >>>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Rxvt]
>> >>>@="Ouvrir un &Terminal unix"
>> >>>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Rxvt\command]
>> >>>@="d:\\usr\\cygwin\\root\\bin\\rxvt -ls"
>>
>>
>> >>Does this enables you to open a shell on folders and on drives?
>>
>> > not for drives, in fact ...
>>
>> >>Also with the version at my site you get a startup file in the
>> >>cygwin root with a call to rxvt like this:
>> >>
>> >>rxvt -sr -sl 2500 -fg lightblue -geometry 90x30 -bg
>> midnightblue -sb \
>> >> -tn rxvt -fn "Lucida Console-14" -e /usr/bin/bash --login -i
>>
>>
>> > why don't use ~/.Xdefaults ?
>>
>> Does this always work (even when calleing without X)?
> Yes, it does. It is what I use (and I don't have X installed)
>>
>>
>> > is there an uninstaller ?
>>
>> Yes, installation is done via default Windows .inf files so it can be
>> unistalled with 'Add/Remove Software' from the
>> settings->control panel.
>>
> Just to warn you, the (original) uninstaller doesn't remove _all_ registry
> keys (on W2K), so the 'rxvt here' on the menu doesn't go away. I sent Gerrit
> an 'update' a while ago which fixed that (but also had some other errors
> which I have since fixed). Gerrit may or may not have updated the
> distribution...
> The update also allowed you to install (and uninstall) multiple command
> shells with the same install package.
These updates are pointing in the right direction but they were not
exactly what I would like to see. Also I cannot confirm that I'm having
errors on my two boxes (NT4 & W2K).
Gerrit
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