> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of james pentland
> Sent: 13 April 2004 17:05
> when i run the cygwin bash shell on system startup
> from the startup entry in the registry the
> foreground/background color and other properties are
> not applied to the command shell in which bash runs.
> however, these properties are associated with the
> shortcut, not with the batch file which runs bash.
Indeed; that's how windoze manages these settings, on a per-shortcut basis
rather than on a per-target basis. I suspect there may be hidden .pif files
involved here.....
> as a consequence, when invoking bash by running the
> batch file, which is named cygwin.bat and is in a path
> something like n:\cygwin\cygwin.bat, the properties
> are not applied and one ends up with a generic command
> shell window - white text on black background, default
> layout, no icon.
'fraid so. That's a .bat file, not a shortcut, and so has no console
window properties associated with it.
> how can one associate the properties with the batch
> file cygwin.bat such that they stay with the command
> shell?
You can't do, but instead of starting the batch file from your registry
startup entry, you could create a new shortcut to the batch file and put the
path of that shortcut in the registry instead. Then you could set whatever
properties you wanted in the shortcut.
cheers,
DaveK
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