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On 6/5/2009 10:51 PM, Mark Harig wrote:
> An alternative to providing instructions for a workaround would be to
> modify the default initialization files that are provided with the terminal
> emulators.
[...]
> Similar solutions can likely be devised for xterm and mintty, but I do not
> have those packages installed.  These solutions would need to be 
> incorporated
> into new versions of the terminal emulator packages, which would require 
> the
> agreement of those package maintainers.

I agree.  I've already suggested on cygwin-apps that the maintainers 
consider doing this the next time they update their packages.

Ken

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