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* how-using.texinfo: Change text about using shortcuts.

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2005-01-28 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* how-using.texinfo: Change text about using shortcuts.
2005-01-22 Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com>
* how-api.texinfo: Make snapshot URL an HTML link.

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@subsection Why can't I cd into a shortcut to a directory?
This is only valid up to but not including version 1.3.0:
Cygwin versions < 1.3.0 do not follow MS Windows Explorer Shortcuts
(*.lnk files). It sees a shortcut as a regular file and this you
cannot "cd" into it.
Cygwin does not follow MS Windows Explorer Shortcuts (*.lnk files). It
sees a shortcut as a regular file and this you cannot "cd" into it.
Since version 1.3.0, Cygwin uses shortcuts as symlinks by default.
Some people have suggested replacing the current symbolic link scheme
with shortcuts. The major problem with this is that .LNK files would
then be used to symlink Cygwin paths that may or may not be valid
under native Win32 non-Cygwin applications such as Explorer.
Cygwin shortcuts are different from shortcuts created by native Windows
applications. Windows applications can usually make use of Cygwin
shortcuts but not vice versa. This is by choice. The reason is that
Windows shortcuts may contain a bunch of extra information which would
get lost, if, for example, Cygwin tar archives and extracts them as
symlinks.
Since version 1.3.0, Cygwin treats shortcuts as symlinks.
Changing a Cygwin shortcut in Windows Explorer usually changes a Cygwin
shortcut into a Windows native shortcut. Afterwards, Cygwin will not
recognize it as symlink anymore.
@subsection I'm having basic problems with find. Why?