On 2019-03-28 05:36, Steven Penny wrote: > On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 08:34:34, Thomas Wolff wrote: >> Mintty can be used to run any command-line application directly (like top, >> your editor, ...), a shell is not needed. > > That may be true, the by default Mintty is configure to load Bash. So it is > disingenuous so simply say that it does not require a shell, unless you want > to > change the default to load "top" as you said.
I found it useful to create a mintty info alias xinfo c.f. xman; likewise to launch cygwin32 and WSL distro commands or terms in windows from Cygwin64/X. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple