RE: what does -mwindows mean?

2007-04-01 Thread Dave Korn
On 02 April 2007 07:33, wei wrote: > Even each time when using a new tool,I'm impatient to the tutorials of > it.When errors occur,prefer to ask for help on the internet,not read > tutorials and try to solve it by myself.How lazy I am! Maybe you are just sociable and enjoy conversation :) > H

Re: what does -mwindows mean?

2007-04-01 Thread wei
Yes,you are right.How fool I was!*v* cheers, Wei -- 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/

Re: what does -mwindows mean?

2007-04-01 Thread wei
Thanks again! As /SUBSYSTEM is a default option of VC,so I've never paid attention to it.It seems I need to restudy VC's compile options and link options. I couldn't find anything about "-mwindows" because I losted the "",so google excluded "mwindows".How fool I was!So in the morning I reviewed g

RE: what does -mwindows mean?

2007-04-01 Thread Dave Korn
On 02 April 2007 06:35, wei wrote: > Christopher Faylor writes: > >> You aren't trying very hard: >> >> http://www.google.com/search?q=gcc+%22-mwindows%22 >> > > Thanks!Sorry,I lost the double quotation marks. Heh, I thought that might be it. That means that google interpreted the dash as

RE: 'Fatal format file error; I'm stymied'

2007-04-01 Thread Dave Korn
On 02 April 2007 00:15, Angelo Graziosi wrote: > I want to flag this problem with teTeX. > ---! /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex.fmt was written by pdfetex > (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)pdftex tex-ref.tex > ---! /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex.fmt was written by pdfetex > (Fatal format file err

Re: scp doesn't copy - neither returns an error message

2007-04-01 Thread Thomas Wiedmann
WAG: Because it isn't cygwin ssh at all! I reckon it's probably some 3PP version and if we'd been shown the cygcheck output we'd have seen the "Duplicated DLLs problem". What means: WAG? What means 3PP? What is a 3 PP version? What is the duplicated DDL's problem? By the way (answer to prev

Re: what does -mwindows mean?

2007-04-01 Thread wei
Christopher Faylor writes: > You aren't trying very hard: > > http://www.google.com/search?q=gcc+%22-mwindows%22 > Thanks!Sorry,I lost the double quotation marks. Best wishes! Wei -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: libusb-win32 0.1.12.1-2

2007-04-01 Thread Samuel Thibault
Version 0.1.12.1-2 of "libusb-win32" has been uploaded. It is a library that allows userspace application to access USB devices on Windows operation systems (Win98SE, WinME, Win2k, WinXP). It is derived from and fully API compatible to libusb available at http://libusb.sourceforge.net. If you

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: w3m-0.5.1-2

2007-04-01 Thread Bob Heckel
Version w3m-0.5.1-2 of "w3m" has been uploaded. w3m is a pager/text-based WWW browser. It is similar to Lynx, but handles some things like page navigation differently. This is a Cygwin related upgrade to link to the current openssl libraries. If you have questions or comments, please send the

Re: 'Fatal format file error; I'm stymied'

2007-04-01 Thread Angelo Graziosi
Brian Dessent wrote: > Typed that a little too fast. I meant etex.exe -> pdfetex.exe Hi Brian, I had followed the link and really ln -sf pdfetex.exe etex.ex fixes the problem for texi2dvi BUT NOT for pdftex tex-ref.tex This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.21a (Web2C 7.5.4) file:line:err

Re: 'Fatal format file error; I'm stymied'

2007-04-01 Thread Brian Dessent
Brian Dessent wrote: > All you have to do to fix this is create a symlink pdflatex.exe -> > pdfetex.exe in /usr/bin. > > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-05/msg00756.html Typed that a little too fast. I meant etex.exe -> pdfetex.exe. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscr

Re: 'Fatal format file error; I'm stymied'

2007-04-01 Thread Brian Dessent
Angelo Graziosi wrote: > I have also tried uninstalling all teTeX packages, removing all 'texmf' > directory that uninstall does not remove and then reinstalling the tetex > packages, but the problem is still there. All you have to do to fix this is create a symlink pdflatex.exe -> pdfetex.exe in

'Fatal format file error; I'm stymied'

2007-04-01 Thread Angelo Graziosi
I want to flag this problem with teTeX. Often there building documents fails as in these examples: -- pdftex tex-ref.tex This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.21a (Web2C 7.5.4) file:line:error style messages enabled. %&-line parsing enabled. ---! /v

Re: Using pscp.exe with rxvt

2007-04-01 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Brent S. Paul wrote: I have previously used the pscp.exe utility with the standard cygwin bash shell (this is what you get when clicking on the cygwin icon). However, I modified my cygwin.bat file to: @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin rxvt -sl 1500 -fn 'terminal' -bg black -fg grey -sr

Using pscp.exe with rxvt

2007-04-01 Thread Brent S. Paul
I have previously used the pscp.exe utility with the standard cygwin bash shell (this is what you get when clicking on the cygwin icon). However, I modified my cygwin.bat file to: @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin rxvt -sl 1500 -fn 'terminal' -bg black -fg grey -sr -e bash --login -i bash

RE: Cygwin1.DLL soon to be Windows Vista only

2007-04-01 Thread Jon Lambert
From: Christopher Faylor After some intense discussion with Corinna, we've decided that we will soon be removing all support for any version of Windows other than Windows Vista 64. Will the Wii version be split out into a Cygwii project?

Re: Cygwin1.DLL soon to be Windows Vista only

2007-04-01 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 04:08:46PM -0400, Igor Peshansky wrote: >On Sun, 1 Apr 2007, Roelf Renkema wrote: > >> Igor Peshansky wrote: >> >> > Who said it was a gag? Did you even try running the latest snapshot >> > on Win2k or WinXP? >> >> You mean that was cygwin? Damn I reinstalled win2k, xp and

Re: Cygwin1.DLL soon to be Windows Vista only

2007-04-01 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Sun, 1 Apr 2007, Roelf Renkema wrote: > Igor Peshansky wrote: > > > Who said it was a gag? Did you even try running the latest snapshot > > on Win2k or WinXP? > > You mean that was cygwin? Damn I reinstalled win2k, xp and 2003 twice > this afternoon because I was blaming MS. Heh, you should h

Re: Cygwin1.DLL soon to be Windows Vista only

2007-04-01 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 08:03:58PM +0100, Roelf Renkema wrote: >>On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 08:58:48AM +0100, Roelf Renkema wrote: >>>Christopher Faylor wrote: After some intense discussion with Corinna, we've decided that we will soon be removing all support for any version of Windows other t

Re: Cygwin1.DLL soon to be Windows Vista only

2007-04-01 Thread Roelf Renkema
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Igor Peshansky wrote: > Who said it was a gag? Did you even try running the latest snapshot on > Win2k or WinXP? You mean that was cygwin? Damn I reinstalled win2k, xp and 2003 twice this afternoon because I was blaming MS. I hate this. I'm agains t

Re: Cygwin1.DLL soon to be Windows Vista only

2007-04-01 Thread Roelf Renkema
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > I've blocked you from sending any further inane tripe to this list. I > don't need to hear this. > Don't be silly. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DB

Re: what does -mwindows mean?

2007-04-01 Thread Brian Dessent
wei wrote: > Thanks very much!You have helped me twice. > > I can't get any help from google about -mwindows.So you are better than > google.;) > > Best wishes! Glad to be of help. I find it very useful to restrict Google to just the mailing list archives. The link to the prior reply that I

Re: what does -mwindows mean?

2007-04-01 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 06:30:34PM +, wei wrote: >I can't get any help from google about -mwindows.So you are better than >google.;) You aren't trying very hard: http://www.google.com/search?q=gcc+%22-mwindows%22 cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem

Re: what does -mwindows mean?

2007-04-01 Thread wei
Thanks very much!You have helped me twice. I can't get any help from google about -mwindows.So you are better than google.;) Best wishes! Wei -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http:/

Re: what does -mwindows mean?

2007-04-01 Thread Brian Dessent
wei wrote: > Below is what I found in the makefile dev-cpp auto-generated: > > LIBS = -L"F:/Dev-Cpp/lib" -mwindows ../../lib/libcomctl32.a > > What does -mwindows mean? It just means to set a flag in the PE header that tells the OS not to allocate a console for the program when started. This

what does -mwindows mean?

2007-04-01 Thread wei
Below is what I found in the makefile dev-cpp auto-generated: LIBS = -L"F:/Dev-Cpp/lib" -mwindows ../../lib/libcomctl32.a What does -mwindows mean?I guess it means creating a windows application,but I can't find it in gcc's documents.It's an extension of mingw-gcc? -- Unsubscribe info: h

Re: Cygwin1.DLL soon to be Windows Vista only

2007-04-01 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 08:58:48AM +0100, Roelf Renkema wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >>After some intense discussion with Corinna, we've decided that we will >>soon be removing all support for any version of Windows other than >>Windows Vista 64. >> >Doesn't even make the impression of an apri

Re: faq: go back to cygwin default setting ?

2007-04-01 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
fcvcnet@ wrote: > Hi, >I want cygwin to support unicode . I do not like the result, so I > change back with delete the content I added in the .inputrc file and > etc. But cygwin dose not display like before . How can I make cygwin go > back and look like the same like I newly setup? >Thank

Re: Cygwin1.DLL soon to be Windows Vista only

2007-04-01 Thread Christian Franke
Jeff Hawk wrote: That's why I am afraid; his email is time stamped 6 minutes before April 1st :( No - according to raw mail header, local time was: "Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 00:53:40 -0400" (But this might not be true due to some Windows DST Bug. The existence of such a bug is unfortunatel

RE: Cygwin1.DLL soon to be Windows Vista only

2007-04-01 Thread Jeff Hawk
That's why I am afraid; his email is time stamped 6 minutes before April 1st :( --Jeff > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Markus Schönhaber > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 7:27 AM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: Cygwin1.DLL soo

pygtk installs only in python2.4?

2007-04-01 Thread Mark Wendell
The current python version installed by setup is 2.5. However, it looks like the pygtk setup package wants to install itself in /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages, even if that lib doesn't originally exist. For example, installing pygtk through the installer actually created /usr/lib/python2.4/site-

cffi-clisp.lisp multiple-value-bind usage of variable "error" conflicts with another package

2007-04-01 Thread Reini Urban
I am attempting to use cffi on a Clisp 2.41 build running under Cygwin. I can get cffi to load using asdf, but when I loaded a package that uses cffi, I got an error message "ERROR is a constant: may not be used as a variable". In cffi-clisp.lisp, around line 234; (multiple-value-bind (ff er

Re: Cygwin1.DLL soon to be Windows Vista only

2007-04-01 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Sun, 1 Apr 2007, Roelf Renkema wrote: > Christopher Faylor wrote: > > After some intense discussion with Corinna, we've decided that we will > > soon be removing all support for any version of Windows other than > > Windows Vista 64. > > Doesn't even make the impression of an april fools gag. Y

Re: Cygwin1.DLL soon to be Windows Vista only

2007-04-01 Thread Steve Thompson
On Sun, 1 Apr 2007, Christopher Faylor wrote: After some intense discussion with Corinna, we've decided that we will soon be removing all support for any version of Windows other than Windows Vista 64. [..] YJM! -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem report

Re: [bug] Missing winapi symbols

2007-04-01 Thread Chris Sutcliffe
The import libraries for the Win32 API (w32api) is actually maintained by the MinGW project, and only distributed by Cygwin, so I've CC'd them. The attached patch ought to fix this. Committed. Please post any patches in the tracker going forward though, so I don't accidentally miss any. Thanx

RE: Cygwin1.DLL soon to be Windows Vista only

2007-04-01 Thread Dave Korn
On 01 April 2007 14:22, Wes S wrote: > On 1 Apr 2007 at 0:53, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> After some intense discussion with Corinna, we've decided that we will >> soon be removing all support for any version of Windows other than >> Windows Vista 64. > > How much did Bill pay ya? If you did

Re: Cygwin1.DLL soon to be Windows Vista only

2007-04-01 Thread Markus Schönhaber
Roberto Veiga wrote: > You are joking, aren't you? No, cgf never jokes. Especially not when it's April 1st. Regards mks -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html

Re: Cygwin1.DLL soon to be Windows Vista only

2007-04-01 Thread Wes S
On 1 Apr 2007 at 0:53, Christopher Faylor wrote: > After some intense discussion with Corinna, we've decided that we will > soon be removing all support for any version of Windows other than > Windows Vista 64. How much did Bill pay ya? If you didn't score $100M each you got helically rotated.

Re: Cygwin1.DLL soon to be Windows Vista only

2007-04-01 Thread Roberto Veiga
You are joking, aren't you? []s, Roberto 2007/4/1, Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: After some intense discussion with Corinna, we've decided that we will soon be removing all support for any version of Windows other than Windows Vista 64. I know that Corinna considers Vista to be the

RE: Ctrl-Z hang

2007-04-01 Thread Dave Korn
On 01 April 2007 09:14, Jon Dattorro wrote: > Would you please remove this > > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-01/msg00037.html > > from your archive. > > thank you, > Jon Dattorro But even if we did that, there would still be this: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-04/msg00011.html and th

Ctrl-Z hang

2007-04-01 Thread Jon Dattorro
Would you please remove this http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-01/msg00037.html from your archive. thank you, Jon Dattorro -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html

Microsoft to sue Cygwin for copyright infringments.

2007-04-01 Thread Roelf Renkema
>From the main office of Microsoft headquarters in Redmond a letter has been sent to Redhat stating that after carefully examining the cygwin dll, numerous copyright infringements turned up. This also means that numerous ported software authors are in trouble as the infringements on microsofts pat