I will take a stab at these questions. My answers may not be complete or best.
On 24 June 2015 at 07:01, Alvin Oo <defalca...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1) does it support ruby,python,c++,c, java? The cygwin environment supports ruby, python, c++ and c. I don't know about java. > 2) What type of shell does it support? (sh,ksh),what can it emulate? dash, bash, ksh all seem available. > 3) Is it possible for cygwin to start in a certain folder, akin to when I > drop cmd.exe on a certain folder, or name powershell to start in a certain > folder it will open up, i need to navigate to directory fast There are multiple ways of accomplishing something like that. The default is to start in a home directory but one could script a different home directory depending on 'shortcut'. > 4) What are the alternatives to cygwin, what are the advantage and > disadvantage of cgywin? I would expect the most common alternative would be to use Linux or BSD in a VM. The second alternative would be to use a Windows environment. > 5) What are the most common uses of cgywin? Good question that I have no answer too. [I know that I use it for a Unix environment in a Windows system.. however there are many other uses I have read like using it to have opensource programs consistently compiled on a windows system etc. I don't know which ones are common] > > > -- > 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 > -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- 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
