<s>
mintty	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
and	I-Application
open	I-Application
source	I-Application
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
for	O
Cygwin	B-Language
,	O
the	O
Unix-like	O
environment	O
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
a	O
native	O
Windows	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
a	O
display	O
server	O
;	O
its	O
terminal	B-Application
emulation	I-Application
is	O
aimed	O
to	O
be	O
compatible	O
with	O
xterm	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mintty	B-Language
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
terminal	B-Application
emulation	I-Application
and	O
Windows	O
frontend	O
parts	O
of	O
PuTTY	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
improves	O
on	O
them	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
ways	O
,	O
particularly	O
regarding	O
xterm	B-Language
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
.	O
The	O
POSIX	O
API	B-General_Concept
provided	O
by	O
Cygwin	B-Language
is	O
used	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
processes	B-Operating_System
running	O
within	O
mintty	B-Language
,	O
while	O
its	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
is	O
implemented	O
using	O
the	O
Windows	B-Library
API	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
icon	O
comes	O
from	O
KDE	B-Application
's	O
Konsole	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Towards	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2011	O
,	O
mintty	B-Language
became	O
Cygwin	B-Language
's	O
default	O
terminal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Advantages	O
over	O
Cygwin	B-Language
's	O
previous	O
default	O
console	O
include	O
a	O
more	O
flexible	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
closer	O
adherence	O
to	O
Unix	B-Application
standards	O
and	O
conventions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
standard	O
Windows	B-Application
console	I-Application
,	O
however	O
,	O
programs	O
written	O
specifically	O
for	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
work	O
correctly	O
in	O
mintty	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
for	O
MSYS	B-Application
(	O
a	O
more	O
minimal	O
Unix	B-Application
environment	O
forked	B-Application
from	O
Cygwin	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
name	O
was	O
styled	O
"	O
MinTTY	B-Language
"	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
example	O
of	O
PuTTY	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
later	O
restyled	O
to	O
"	O
mintty	B-Language
"	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
felt	O
to	O
better	O
suit	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
minimalist	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
