On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Alex Goldman wrote: > On 7/27/05, Igor Pechtchanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Alex Goldman wrote: > > > > > When Cygwin gets set up, it would be more user-friendly if it placed > > > two icons on the desktop: > > > one should start maximized Rxvt; another should start X with a couple > > > of xterms or whatever. > > > First-time users might think that the MS-DOS terminal is as good as it > > > gets, and this is not good for Cygwin. Others still have to figure out > > > how to start Rxvt automatically and how to configure it to look > > > pretty. > > > > This doesn't have to be done at the level of the Cygwin setup. You > > could easily write a package (or a set of packages) that would place > > such icons on the desktop (see, for example, the gold-star-winning > > "chere" package). > > > > > Also, it would be neat to be able to keep Cygwin up-to-date automatically. > > > > Just run setup.exe regularly, and it will pick up the latest packages. > > Of course, you may need to reboot if you do this concurrently with > > using Cygwin processes, so this will need to be thought through very > > well. > > > > The main point is: Cygwin is a volunteer effort. If you feel that > > some feature would be beneficial, consider contributing it. If it's > > done well, others will like it, and it could be included into the > > official set of packages. Simply suggesting a feature rarely results > > in it being contributed by someone else. > > Igor > > As Tyler Durden said, "You decide your own level of involvement". My > commitment to Cygwin is not great enough to contribute to it. I just > started using it. Tomorrow, I might decide I prefer FreeBSD and VMWare > or Windows Services. Anyway, if user feedback is not appreciated, none > will be forthcoming.
Your preferences are, of course, up to you. And user feedback is duly noted and recorded in the mailing list archives -- perhaps someone will get interested enough to implement it. I just wanted to make sure your expectations regarding said feedback reflect the actual state of affairs. :-) Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/