cygwin change default home directory

Just edit /etc/passwd file with your user id line to change your home directory when you start the console in cygwin.

VIM: Visual block select with edit!

Within Vim, do following sequence to edit to be applied in highlighted virtual block:

Ctrl+v -> select block with cursor -> Shift+ -> enter edit val -> ESC -> done

For example, I would like to insert '//' comment line in front of all highlighted syntax:

Ctrl+v -> select block with cursor -> Shift+i -> type in '//' -> ESC -> done

Tada! Magic!

Cygwin Vi syntax enabling

Just create .vimrc file with following content:

   syntax enable
  set sw=4 ts=4 et
  set wildmenu