Re: [Mingw-msys] msys.bat diff

[Earnie B. <ear...@ya...>]

I don't like this.  You could create your own batch file that just calls 
msys.bat as an alternative.

<batchfile name="mystartup.bat">
set PATH=%PATH%;E:\bin\dev
set SVN_EDITOR=notepad
start E:\bin\gstlfilt\STLTask.EXE /q
...
rxvt ...
...
taskkill /im STLTask.EXE
</batchfile>

Then edit the properties for the icon or create a copy and edit that.

Earnie.

Daniel Schlyder wrote:
> I'd like to set some environment variables and start a program as part of
> MSYS startup process, and shut down the program when MSYS exits. The only 
> way I know to do this is by modifying the msys.bat script. Rather than put 
> my commands directly in msys.bat, I thought it would be a good idea to 
> instead let that script call pre and post scripts, like shown in the 
> following diff:
> 
> msys.bat.diff:
> --- msys.bat.orig       Thu Jul 10 07:56:49 2003
> +++ msys.bat    Sat Jul 19 16:44:15 2003
> @@ -59,11 +59,16 @@
>  if "%MSYSTEM%" == "MINGW32" set BGCOLOR=%MINGW32BGCOLOR%
>  if "%MSYSTEM%" == "MINGW32" set FGCOLOR=%MINGW32FGCOLOR%
>  
> -start rxvt -backspacekey  -sl 2500 -fg %FGCOLOR% -bg %BGCOLOR% -sr -fn 
> Courier-12 -tn msys -e /bin/sh --login -i
> -exit
> +call ..\msys-pre.bat
> +
> +rxvt -backspacekey  -sl 2500 -fg %FGCOLOR% -bg %BGCOLOR% -sr -fn Courier-
> 12 -tn msys -e /bin/sh --login -i
> +goto end
>  
>  :startsh
> -start sh --login -i
> +sh --login -i
> +
> +:end
> +call ..\msys-post.bat
>  exit
>  
>  :EOF
> 
> 
> And then put my commands in those scripts, like this:
> 
> msys-pre.bat:
> set PATH=%PATH%;E:\bin\dev
> set SVN_EDITOR=notepad
> start E:\bin\gstlfilt\STLTask.EXE /q
> 
> msys-post.bat:
> taskkill /im STLTask.EXE
> 
> 
> Is this a good way to do what I want? If so, please consider merging the 
> diff with official version of MSYS (and adding empty msys-pre.bat and msys-
> post.bat files -- maybe with a rem explaining their intended use), so I 
> won't have to apply the changes everytime I upgrade. :) If not, pointers to 
> how to better do this would be much appreciated.
> 
> 
> BTW, if it matters, I'm using MSYS 1.0.9 in Windows XP.
> 
> Thanks,
> Daniel Schlyder
> 
> 
> 
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