Re: [PATCH xpdf] Add desktop menu entry

On 2017-10-28 13:00, Ken Brown wrote: > On 10/27/2017 5:00 PM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: >> --- >>   xpdf.cygport | 4 >>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > After making this change I get the following warning when starting xpdf > in an xterm window: > > QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not s

Re: Cygwin alongside WSL

On 2017-11-02 16:38, Thomas Wolff wrote: > Am 02.11.2017 um 04:19 schrieb Brian Inglis: >> On 2017-10-31 12:11, Thomas Wolff wrote: >>> Am 27.10.2017 um 00:10 schrieb Thomas Wolff: Am 26.10.2017 um 18:13 schrieb Brian Inglis: > On 2017-10-25 15:18, Thomas Wolff wrote: >> Am 25.10.2017

Re: Cygwin alongside WSL

Am 02.11.2017 um 04:19 schrieb Brian Inglis: On 2017-10-31 12:11, Thomas Wolff wrote: Am 27.10.2017 um 00:10 schrieb Thomas Wolff: Am 26.10.2017 um 18:13 schrieb Brian Inglis: On 2017-10-25 15:18, Thomas Wolff wrote: Am 25.10.2017 um 20:30 schrieb Brian Inglis: On 2017-10-25 11:27, Brian Ing

python2 now depends on python2-test... and pulls many graphical packages

Hello, Today the update of the python2 package added a dependency to python2-test. Then python2-test depends on idle2 which pulls many Tk packages. How can I keep python2 without python2-test ? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/f

Re: Can I change the windows icon from command line?

Am 02.11.2017 um 14:38 schrieb cyg Simple: On 11/2/2017 2:47 AM, Thomas Wolff wrote: Thanks, Brian, for the links and the sample code which will make it easier. This is about changing the icon, to get that sorted out. I referred to changing the icon label (an existing sequence supported by xterm

Re: Can I change the windows icon from command line?

Hi Andrey, Greetings, Thomas Wolff! I referred to changing the icon label (an existing sequence supported by xterm), i.e. the text shown in the taskbar, which cannot be changed in Windows as far as I know as it's always the same as the window title. Two thoughts on this: 1. The taskbar button

Re: Cygwin on Win10 much slower than Win7

> On Nov 2, 2017, at 12:15 PM, Nellis, Kenneth > wrote: > … > I first noticed the problem with cygpath: > On Win 7: > > $ time cygpath abc > abc > > real0m0.016s > user0m0.000s > sys 0m0.015s > $ > > On Win 10: > > $ time cygpath abc > abc > > real0m0.105s > user0m0.000s

issue when download cpld

Hi I got an warning message when perform some cpld download and it suggests me to contact you guys. Any ideas? 2 [main] od 1424 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this problem to the public mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com 1 [m

Re: Proper way to run emacs from desktop

On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 9:29 AM, Jon Turney wrote: > On 01/11/2017 21:57, David Karr wrote: >> >> On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Ken Brown wrote: >>> >>> On 11/1/2017 1:08 PM, David Karr wrote: I install Cygwin every couple of years and then use it continuously without updates bet

RE: Cygwin on Win10 much slower than Win7

From: Stephen John Smoogen > Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 12:49 > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: Cygwin on Win10 much slower than Win7 > > On 2 November 2017 at 12:44, Nellis, Kenneth > wrote: > > From: cyg Simple > >> On 11/2/2017 9:36 AM, Erik Bray wrote: > >> > On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at

Re: Cygwin on Win10 much slower than Win7

On 2 November 2017 at 12:44, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: > From: cyg Simple >> On 11/2/2017 9:36 AM, Erik Bray wrote: >> > On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 3:50 PM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: >> >> Since migrating from a Windows 7 laptop to one with Windows 10, I've >> >> noticed a significant speed decrease in open

RE: Cygwin on Win10 much slower than Win7

From: cyg Simple > On 11/2/2017 9:36 AM, Erik Bray wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 3:50 PM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: > >> Since migrating from a Windows 7 laptop to one with Windows 10, I've > >> noticed a significant speed decrease in opening a mintty/bash window > >> from about 0.5s to 3.5s. > >>

Re: Proper way to run emacs from desktop

On 01/11/2017 21:57, David Karr wrote: On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Ken Brown wrote: On 11/1/2017 1:08 PM, David Karr wrote: I install Cygwin every couple of years and then use it continuously without updates between those installations. I installed it on a new laptop today, and I'm tryin

Re: Setup's local package directory on network share

Greetings, Aaron Digulla! > I would like to share the local package cache with other people. > When browse folders in the respective page in setup.exe, no network shares > are visible. > When I manually enter the path (using a mapped drive), I get a dialog: > "Directory S:\cygwin\Downloads does

Re: Setup's local package directory on network share

Am 02.11.2017 um 14:52 schrieb Aaron Digulla: What is the problem here? I searched the documentation and it mentions a couple of problems with network shares and Windows authentication but that when Cygwin is already running. The problem most likely is that the (local?) administrator account t

Setup's local package directory on network share

Hello, I would like to share the local package cache with other people. When browse folders in the respective page in setup.exe, no network shares are visible. When I manually enter the path (using a mapped drive), I get a dialog: "Directory S:\cygwin\Downloads does not exist, would you like m

Re: Cygwin on Win10 much slower than Win7

On 11/2/2017 9:36 AM, Erik Bray wrote: > On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 3:50 PM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: >> Since migrating from a Windows 7 laptop to one with Windows >> 10, I've noticed a significant speed decrease in opening a >> mintty/bash window from about 0.5s to 3.5s. >> >> I've narrowed it down to

Re: tcl / tcl-tk updates - two links going nowhere

On 02/11/2017 13:46, Fergus wrote: The recent updates tcl-8.6.6-1 ; tcl-tix-8.4.3-3 ; tcl-tk-8.6.6-1 have induced two links /lib/tcl8.6/tclConfig.sh -> ../tclConfig.sh /lib/tk8.6/tkConfig.sh -> ../tkConfig.sh that lead nowhere. Is there a fix? Thank you. Fergus install tcl-devel and tcl-tk-dev

Re: Can I change the windows icon from command line?

On 11/2/2017 2:47 AM, Thomas Wolff wrote: > Thanks, Brian, for the links and the sample code which will make it easier. > This is about changing the icon, to get that sorted out. > I referred to changing the icon label (an existing sequence supported by > xterm), i.e. the text shown in the taskbar,

Re: Cygwin on Win10 much slower than Win7

On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 3:50 PM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: > Since migrating from a Windows 7 laptop to one with Windows > 10, I've noticed a significant speed decrease in opening a > mintty/bash window from about 0.5s to 3.5s. > > I've narrowed it down to two bottlenecks in .bash_profile: > to "cygpat

Re: tcl / tcl-tk updates - two links going nowhere

> The recent updates > tcl-8.6.6-1 ; tcl-tix-8.4.3-3 ; tcl-tk-8.6.6-1 > have induced two links > /lib/tcl8.6/tclConfig.sh -> ../tclConfig.sh > /lib/tk8.6/tkConfig.sh -> ../tkConfig.sh > that lead nowhere. Is there a fix? The two missing t*Config.sh files can be obtained by decompressing tcl-devel-

tcl / tcl-tk updates - two links going nowhere

The recent updates tcl-8.6.6-1 ; tcl-tix-8.4.3-3 ; tcl-tk-8.6.6-1 have induced two links /lib/tcl8.6/tclConfig.sh -> ../tclConfig.sh /lib/tk8.6/tkConfig.sh -> ../tkConfig.sh that lead nowhere. Is there a fix? Thank you. Fergus -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:

Re: ada gnat import library missing ?

Hello Marco, Jon, good to hear this - I will try this updated GNU version within the context of the PLplot project. Regards, Arjen -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscri

Re: ada gnat import library missing ?

On 02/11/2017 11:28, JonY wrote: On 11/01/2017 04:07 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote: On 31/10/2017 00:17, JonY wrote: -2 with the appropriate import libraries should be coming along by the end of the week if all goes well. It is up but I see the same $ ./hello.exe  -bash: ./hello.exe: cannot execu

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: gcc-6.4.0-2 (x86/x86_64)

gcc-6.4.0-2 has been uploaded for Cygwin. The missing import libraries for cyggnat-6 and cyggnarl-6 has been added. *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO *** If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-announce mailing list, look at the "List-Unsubscribe: " tag in the email header of

Re: cygwin Digest 2 Nov 2017 08:14:17 -0000 Issue 10515

On 11/01/17 18:53, Chuck Wilde wrote on cygwin-digest-h...@cygwin.com: > We did some debugging, and we eventually traced the problem down to using > Cygwin downloaded by use...@oncorems.com after > our userid was updated to use...@neotech.com

Re: ada gnat import library missing ?

On 11/01/2017 04:07 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote: > On 31/10/2017 00:17, JonY wrote: > >> -2 with the appropriate import libraries should be coming along by the >> end of the week if all goes well. > > It is up but I see the same > > $ ./hello.exe >  -bash: ./hello.exe: cannot execute binary file: Exe

Re: Can I change the windows icon from command line?

Greetings, Thomas Wolff! > I referred to changing the icon label (an existing sequence supported by > xterm), i.e. the text shown in the taskbar, which cannot be changed in > Windows as far as I know as it's always the same as the window title. Two thoughts on this: 1. The taskbar button title

Re: Solution to terrible performance in Cygwin under VPN

Greetings, Chuck Wilde! > We did some debugging, and we eventually traced the problem down to using > Cygwin downloaded by (domain)oncorems.com after our userid was updated > to (domain)neotech.com. > Something must be cached somewhere, and the discrepancy between the domains > slows down commands

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: weechat-1.9.1-2

Version 1.9.1-2 of "weechat" has been uploaded. This version fixes a loading problem of Perl plugin. DESCRIPTION WeeChat is a fast, light and extensible chat client. It runs on many platforms like Linux, Unix, BSD, GNU Hurd, Mac OS X and Windows (bash/ubuntu and cygwin). HOMEPAGE https://weechat