Re: Git on MSys (or how to make it easy for Windows users to compile git)

Hi,

On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, Marius Storm-Olsen wrote:

Johannes Schindelin said the following on 03.08.2007 14:37:

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On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, Dmitry Kakurin wrote:

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The changes that I've made:
* removed .git in /git directory to save space
* installed gdb
* applied my Vista fix
* made self-extracting .rar archive

* replace rxvt by that stupid cmd window
Sneaky.
Can you defend the choice?
FWIW here are my arguments for rxvt:

	- it behaves the same on all Windows versions
	- it has a scroll back (which you have to activate on cmd first)
	- it is resizable
	- it has sane copy&paste behaviour (which you have to activate on
cmd first, and then still have to hit the Return key after 		having
selected some text)

Normally, people would probably like to stay in their current
environment/window. Let's say you're doing something in a cmd windows, then
you want to go and compile git. If you run msys.bat, it will kill your current
window, and show a rxvt window instead. That's kinda not nice really.

If you enable the QuickEdit in the 'CMD' window, you mark with mouse, the
right-click to copy, then right-click again to paste. No need to move your
hand and hit Enter/Return. (Many people don't know about the right-click to
copy, but it's a much better work-flow)

You can do all the changes (like changing the scrollback size and edit mode)
once, then store it, never to change it again.

Thanks for that good point (staying in your window).

Okay, tell you what: I'll let msys.bat start a cmd, and msys-rxvt.bat 
start an rxvt.  Deal?

Ciao,
Dscho