tips for setting up cgywin

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Introduction

Here are some tips that could be added to the readme file

Selecting mirror

To get a more closer mirror type the following in your browser:

https://www.cygwin.com/mirrors.html

select the mirror for your country

figure 1

then paste into the setup option of 'User Url' as shown in figure 1
then click add

Adding default directory option

after doing the following

$ mkdir workspace
$ cd workspace

open the following file:

C:\cygwin64\home\User\.bashrc

append the following to the file

cd /cygdrive/c/Users/user

where 'user' is your login name

so next time you open the cgywin bash it will open in your workspace

Right click option

Alternatively use this option

On Windows:

1. Download Cygwin Setup.exe or run and install the chere package.
2. After install right click and Open Cygwin as Administrator.
3. type "chere -i" or "chere -i -t mintty" if you would like to use Mintty

when a folder is selected right click and select as shown in figure 2

` Bash Prompt Here

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figure 2