0.6.0

README.md

@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ Mintty as a terminal for Bash on Ubuntu on Windows / WSL.
 Run the [installer](https://github.com/mintty/wsltty/releases) to install
 * wsltty package components (see below) in the user’s application directory (where WSL is also installed)
 * an empty wsltty “home directory” to enable storage of a mintty config file
-* a Desktop Shortcut and a Start Menu Shortcut to start WSL with a login bash in the **Windows user profile** directory; to start in the Linux home directory instead, add a `cd` command to your Linux `$HOME/.profile` script
+* a Desktop Shortcut and a Start Menu Shortcut to start WSL with a login bash in the *Windows user profile* directory; to start in the Linux home directory instead, add a `cd` command to your Linux `$HOME/.profile` script
 * context menu entries for Windows Explorer to start WSL with a bash in the respective directory
+* a script `wsl.bat` to invoke wsltty manually; copy the script from `%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty` to `%SYSTEMROOT%\System32` if desired
 * an uninstall script that can be invoked manually to remove shortcuts and context menu entries
 
 #### Components ####

install.bat

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@echo off
+rem @echo off
 
 
 :deploy
@@ -8,9 +8,14 @@ copy LICENSE.mintty "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty"
 copy LICENSE.wslbridge "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty"
 copy uninstall.bat "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty"
 
+copy wsl.bat "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty"
+rem does not work without admin rights:
+rem copy wsl.bat "%SYSTEMROOT%\System32"
+
 mkdir "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\bin"
 copy cygwin1.dll "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\bin"
 copy cygwin-console-helper.exe "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\bin"
+copy dash.exe "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\bin"
 copy mintty.exe "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\bin"
 copy wslbridge.exe "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\bin"
 copy wslbridge-backend "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\bin"
@@ -48,15 +53,18 @@ set shell=/bin/bash
 
 rem Mintty invocation
 set cmd=%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\bin\mintty.exe
+set cset=-o Locale=C -o Charset=UTF-8
+set icon=%LOCALAPPDATA%\lxss\bash.ico
 set arg=/bin/wslbridge -t %shell%
-set target=\"%cmd%\" %arg%
+set target0=\"%cmd%\" %cset% -i \"%icon%\" %arg%
+set target1=\"%cmd%\" %cset% -i \"%icon%\" /bin/dash -c \"cd '%%1'; exec %arg%\"
 
 reg add "%userdirname%\wsltty" /d "%label% %here%" /f
 reg add "%userdirname%\wsltty" /v Icon /d "%icon%" /f
-reg add "%userdirname%\wsltty\command" /d "%target%" /f
+reg add "%userdirname%\wsltty\command" /d "%target1%" /f
 reg add "%userdirpane%\wsltty" /d "%label% %here%" /f
 reg add "%userdirpane%\wsltty" /v Icon /d "%icon%" /f
-reg add "%userdirpane%\wsltty\command" /d "%target%" /f
+reg add "%userdirpane%\wsltty\command" /d "%target0%" /f
 
 
 :end

makefile

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # default: generate all
 all:	wslbridge mintty cygwin wsltty pkg
 
-ver=0.5.1
+ver=0.6.0
 wslbridgever=0.1.0
 
 TARGET := $(shell $(CC) -dumpmachine)
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ wslbridge:
 mintty:
 	$(wget) https://github.com/mintty/mintty/archive/master.zip
 	mv master.zip mintty-master.zip
-	unzip mintty-master.zip
+	unzip -o mintty-master.zip
 	cd mintty-master/src; make LDFLAGS="-static -static-libgcc -s"
 	mkdir -p bin
 	cp mintty-master/bin/mintty.exe bin/
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ cygwin:
 	mkdir -p bin
 	cp /bin/cygwin1.dll bin/
 	cp /bin/cygwin-console-helper.exe bin/
+	cp /bin/dash.exe bin/
 
 wsltty:
 
@@ -52,12 +53,14 @@ pkg:
 	sed -e "s,%version%,$(ver)," makewinx.cfg > rel/wsltty.SED
 	cp bin/cygwin1.dll rel/
 	cp bin/cygwin-console-helper.exe rel/
+	cp bin/dash.exe rel/
 	cp bin/mintty.exe rel/
 	cp bin/wslbridge.exe rel/
 	cp bin/wslbridge-backend rel/
 	cp LICENSE.mintty rel/
 	cp LICENSE.wslbridge rel/
 	cp "Bash on UoW in Mintty.lnk" rel/
+	cp wsl.bat rel/
 	cp install.bat rel/
 	cp uninstall.bat rel/
 	cd rel; iexpress /n wsltty.SED

makewinx.cfg

@@ -34,14 +34,16 @@ AdminQuietInstCmd=
 UserQuietInstCmd=
 FILE0="cygwin1.dll"
 FILE1="cygwin-console-helper.exe"
-FILE2="mintty.exe"
-FILE3="wslbridge.exe"
-FILE4="wslbridge-backend"
-FILE5="LICENSE.mintty"
-FILE6="LICENSE.wslbridge"
-FILE7="Bash on UoW in Mintty.lnk"
-FILE8="install.bat"
-FILE9="uninstall.bat"
+FILE2="dash.exe"
+FILE3="mintty.exe"
+FILE4="wslbridge.exe"
+FILE5="wslbridge-backend"
+FILE6="LICENSE.mintty"
+FILE7="LICENSE.wslbridge"
+FILE8="Bash on UoW in Mintty.lnk"
+FILE9="wsl.bat"
+FILE10="install.bat"
+FILE11="uninstall.bat"
 
 [SourceFiles]
 SourceFiles0=.
@@ -57,4 +59,6 @@ SourceFiles0=.
 %FILE7%=
 %FILE8%=
 %FILE9%=
+%FILE10%=
+%FILE11%=