>> -----Original Message----- >> From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf >> Of Dave Korn >> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:48 PM >> To: cygwin@cygwin.com >> Subject: Re: How can I assign a hotkey to run a cygwin/bash script? >> >> Hongyi Zhao wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I've written a cygwin/bash script and want to run it by a customized >> > hotkey laterly, it this possible? >> > >> >> Sure. Create a windows shortcut to bash.exe, open the properties. In >> "Target", after C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe, add >> >> --login -i -c "<your command here in bash syntax>" >> >> and you can then assign a key-combination to the shortcut (as for any >> other >> windows shortcut) by clicking in "Shortcut key" and typing your >> ctrl-shift-alt-whatever combination. >> >> The "your command here part" can be any valid shell commands, or you >> can >> just pass in the path to a script you want run. (Remember to either >> chmod +x >> the script first, or to use the 'source' bash builtin to execute it). >> >> You'll probably want to change the "Start in" dir to your homedir or >> /tmp or >> somewhere similar, depending on your needs. >> >> cheers, >> DaveK >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >> Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >> FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
It appears that Windows XP shortcuts have a limitation. The shortcut must be to a target on the desktop (or to a target in a folder on desktop). -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
