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

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi,

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

> Johannes Schindelin said the following on 03.08.2007 14:37:
> > On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, Dmitry Kakurin wrote:
> > > 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