RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: Setup.exe suggestions

2024-02-29 Thread Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via Cygwin
Thank you for your response about the shortcuts... And double-clicks (which can be a ton when installing anew, as I figured). > Doubleclick in "New" column toggles between "Skip" or "Keep" and the > "preferred version". Ctrl+I selects the latter.and moves to the next row. What if I don't need t

Re: Setup.exe suggestions

2024-02-28 Thread Christian Franke via Cygwin
Hi, Lavrentiev, Anton wrote ... For new installations, it'd be great to have the most suitable (in most cases, the most recent) version shown as the first selection in all those pulldown version lists in the "New" columns. The logical order would be "the preferred (latest) version", "the vers

Setup.exe suggestions

2024-02-28 Thread Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via Cygwin
Hi All, I already tried to bring this up, but it looks like it was either ignored or just slipped through the cracks... I have a few suggestions that IMHO would make Setup a teeny-bit user-friendlier. Having to (re-)install Cygwin is probably the most dreaded action for everybody, and dealing

Re: Suggestions to setup.exe

2011-04-03 Thread Andy Koppe
On 3 April 2011 03:44, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 4/2/2011 12:44 PM, Tony wrote: >> >> Hi. I just installed this package here which brought with it a ton of >> dependancies. Why can't setup.exe, when I want to uninstall this >> package, also uninstall all the dependancies? Please make the next

Re: Suggestions to setup.exe

2011-04-02 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 4/2/2011 12:44 PM, Tony wrote: Hi. I just installed this package here which brought with it a ton of dependancies. Why can't setup.exe, when I want to uninstall this package, also uninstall all the dependancies? Please make the next Cygwin release support "clean uninstalls". That's not as ea

Suggestions to setup.exe

2011-04-02 Thread Tony
Hi. I just installed this package here which brought with it a ton of dependancies. Why can't setup.exe, when I want to uninstall this package, also uninstall all the dependancies? Please make the next Cygwin release support "clean uninstalls". Many thanks! -- Problem reports: http://cygwin

Re: Hello! I can't get to c:\Program Files using c:\Program/ Files\ any suggestions?

2010-06-17 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* wynfi...@gmail.com (Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:38:40 +0900) > Thorsten, don't use Microsoft Windows style of pathnames! Use POSIX > compliant pathnames. Wynfield, I don't use "Microsoft Windows style of pathnames". I just pointed out that they work. Thorsten -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.

Re: Hello! I can't get to c:\Program Files using c:\Program/ Files\ any suggestions?

2010-06-16 Thread wynfield
Thorsten, don't use Microsoft Windows style of pathnames! Use POSIX compliant pathnames. E.g. Do the following $ cd /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files or alternatively try $ cd "`cygpath -u "C:\Program Files"`" Note the backslash is to escape the space in the pathname in the 1st case, quotes in the

Re: Hello! I can't get to c:\Program Files using c:\Program/ Files\ any suggestions?

2010-06-16 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Matthew Thornton (Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:56:26 -0700) > I just recently upgraded to the newer version of cygwin and I am not > unable to change directory into Program Files or My Documents using > the forward slash. This was working before the upgrade and I was > wondering what I should check to see

Re: Hello! I can't get to c:\Program Files using c:\Program/ Files\ any suggestions?

2010-06-15 Thread Jeremy Bopp
On 6/15/2010 11:56 AM, Matthew Thornton wrote: > Hello! > > I just recently upgraded to the newer version of cygwin and I am not > unable to change directory into Program Files or My Documents using the > forward slash. This was working before the upgrade and I was wondering > what I should check

Re: Hello! I can't get to c:\Program Files using c:\Program/ Files\ any suggestions?

2010-06-15 Thread René Berber
Matthew Thornton wrote: > I just recently upgraded to the newer version of cygwin and I am not > unable to change directory into Program Files or My Documents using the > forward slash. This was working before the upgrade and I was wondering > what I should check to see how it was disabled. I ha

Hello! I can't get to c:\Program Files using c:\Program/ Files\ any suggestions?

2010-06-15 Thread Matthew Thornton
Hello! I just recently upgraded to the newer version of cygwin and I am not unable to change directory into Program Files or My Documents using the forward slash. This was working before the upgrade and I was wondering what I should check to see how it was disabled. I have also tried using

Re: Front end suggestions for Cygwin?

2009-12-20 Thread Chip Panarchy
Yeah, I use MinTTy, far from perfect but still pretty great. On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 4:46 AM, DePriest, Jason R. wrote: > On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Rogelio <> wrote: >> Does anyone have any good front end suggestions for Cygwin? >> >> (I'm really

Re: Front end suggestions for Cygwin?

2009-12-20 Thread DePriest, Jason R.
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Rogelio <> wrote: > Does anyone have any good front end suggestions for Cygwin? > > (I'm really spoiled by apps like PuTTY which automatically put > whatever you select on the clipboard.  Ideally, however, the app would > have a few mo

Re: Front end suggestions for Cygwin?

2009-12-20 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Rogelio (Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:42:40 -0800) > Does anyone have any good front end suggestions for Cygwin? I guess you mean "frontend of bash". That's called a terminal emulator in Unix speak. > (I'm really spoiled by apps like PuTTY which automatically put &g

Re: Front end suggestions for Cygwin?

2009-12-20 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 12/20/2009 07:42 AM, Rogelio wrote: Does anyone have any good front end suggestions for Cygwin? (I'm really spoiled by apps like PuTTY which automatically put whatever you select on the clipboard. Ideally, however, the app would have a few more features than something like PuTTY) Wh

Front end suggestions for Cygwin?

2009-12-20 Thread Rogelio
Does anyone have any good front end suggestions for Cygwin? (I'm really spoiled by apps like PuTTY which automatically put whatever you select on the clipboard.  Ideally, however, the app would have a few more features than something like PuTTY) -- Problem reports: http://cygwi

Re: doc suggestions for User Guide's "Special filenames", including `cat /proc/partitions`

2009-03-08 Thread S Page
Corinna Vinschen wrote: > Can you please check against the latest documentation under > http://www.cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html > and see if it explains anything better in this regard? The "POSIX devices" section is much the same. > If not, I'm

Re: doc suggestions for User Guide's "Special filenames", including `cat /proc/partitions`

2009-03-08 Thread Corinna Vinschen
t documentation under http://www.cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html and see if it explains anything better in this regard? If not, I'm open to suggestions to make the documentation clearer, preferredly as unified diffs against the source sgml files, which you can find, for

doc suggestions for User Guide's "Special filenames", including `cat /proc/partitions`

2009-03-08 Thread S Page
e are seven doc suggestions, five for that page and two more general. 1. The fixed-font list of devices doesn't explain what /dev/sdb might be, just /dev/sdb\device\harddisk1\partition0 On most computers with a single hard disk this will be the first external mass storage device (though I

[1.7] Suggestion for 1.7 questions/problems/suggestions

2008-12-11 Thread Christopher Faylor
Can I request that people prepend their email subjects concerning Cygwin 1.7 with a [1.7]? That will make it immediately obvious when we're talking about the new release. In fact adding a standard word after the 1.7 would also allow easier categorizing: [1.7] Suggestion [1.7] Problem [1.7] Quest

RE: Suggestions for 'chere' package

2008-01-10 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
Dave wrote: > Da Idiocrat wrote: > > I downloaded chere since I wanted to get an "Open Bash Here" menu item > > to make things easier, but uninstalled it because it didn't work out for me. > > Sorry to hear that. > > > I was wondering if there was any way to get chere to add an entry to > > th

Re: Suggestions for 'chere' package

2008-01-10 Thread Dave
Da Idiocrat wrote: > I downloaded chere since I wanted to get an "Open Bash Here" menu item to > make things easier, but uninstalled it because it didn't work out for me. Sorry to hear that. > I was wondering if there was any way to get chere to add an entry to the > context menu when you right-

Re: Suggestions for 'chere' package

2008-01-10 Thread Paul Mallas
Check out the Subject: "using chere" thread from June 2007 in this list. I think what you are requesting is discussed there and why is not implemented. Da Idiocrat wrote: Hey everyone, I downloaded chere since I wanted to get an "Open Bash Here" menu item to make things easier, but uninstal

Re: Suggestions for 'chere' package

2008-01-10 Thread Frank Fesevur
Da Idiocrat wrote: I was wondering if there was any way to get chere to add an entry to the context menu when you right-click the BACKGROUND of Windows Explorer so that I don't have to go to the parent folder just to open Cygwin shell in the folder I want? Maybe I missed an option or something? I

Suggestions for 'chere' package

2008-01-09 Thread Da Idiocrat
Hey everyone, I downloaded chere since I wanted to get an "Open Bash Here" menu item to make things easier, but uninstalled it because it didn't work out for me. I was wondering if there was any way to get chere to add an entry to the context menu when you right-click the BACKGROUND of Windows Ex

Re: Still seeing "Win32 error 1062" starting sshd with "cygrunsrv -S" with openssh-4.5p1-1. Suggestions, please?

2006-11-09 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
list archives and Googled for every combination of Cygwin, sshd, and cygrunsrv I can think of to no avail. If anyone out there has any suggestions, I would be very grateful. You have the same problem as Jason. Get rid of all the old cygwin1.dlls that you have on your system. Keep just the one in

Re: Still seeing "Win32 error 1062" starting sshd with "cygrunsrv -S" with openssh-4.5p1-1. Suggestions, please?

2006-11-09 Thread ukr . name . lists
ething obvious, but I've searched the mailing BK> list archives and Googled for every combination of Cygwin, sshd, and BK> cygrunsrv I can think of to no avail. BK> If anyone out there has any suggestions, I would be very grateful. Check folders or files (including logfile) permissions

Re: Still seeing "Win32 error 1062" starting sshd with "cygrunsrv -S" with openssh-4.5p1-1. Suggestions, please?

2006-11-09 Thread Daniel P. Kionka
r every combination of Cygwin, sshd, and cygrunsrv I can think of to no avail. If anyone out there has any suggestions, I would be very grateful. -B -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation:

Still seeing "Win32 error 1062" starting sshd with "cygrunsrv -S" with openssh-4.5p1-1. Suggestions, please?

2006-11-09 Thread Brian Kasper
r every combination of Cygwin, sshd, and cygrunsrv I can think of to no avail. If anyone out there has any suggestions, I would be very grateful. -B -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation:

RE: PCYMTNQREAIYR, suggestions for Yahoo Web Email?

2006-07-25 Thread Dave Korn
On 25 July 2006 16:22, Keith Christian wrote: > --- Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >> On Jul 25 06:21, Keith Christian wrote: >>> --- Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR > > > I use the Yahoo Mail web interface, like thousands of others. Anyone k

PCYMTNQREAIYR, suggestions for Yahoo Web Email?

2006-07-25 Thread Keith Christian
--- Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Jul 25 06:21, Keith Christian wrote: > > --- Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR I use the Yahoo Mail web interface, like thousands of others. Anyone know offhand how not to quote raw email addresses, per PCYM

Re: Suggestions for cygcheck

2006-07-18 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, Bengt-Arne Fjellner wrote: > Hi > I would like to suggest that cygcheck file should know about symlinks > i.e. > $ ls -la `which xmgrace` > lrwxrwxrwx 1 Administratör Användare 32 Jul 18 16:37 /usr/bin/xmgrace -> > /usr/share/grace/bin/xmgrace.exe* > > $ cygcheck xmgrace # no

Suggestions for cygcheck

2006-07-18 Thread Bengt-Arne Fjellner
Hi I would like to suggest that cygcheck file should know about symlinks i.e. $ ls -la `which xmgrace` lrwxrwxrwx 1 Administratör Användare 32 Jul 18 16:37 /usr/bin/xmgrace -> /usr/share/grace/bin/xmgrace.exe* $ cygcheck xmgrace # now gives Found: C:\cygwin\bin\xmgrace.exe C:/cygwin/bin/xmgrace.

Re: Suggestions for caching only DNS server to run on CygWin

2006-04-28 Thread David Arnstein
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 08:28:20PM -0500, Herb Martin wrote: > Suggestions for caching only DNS server to run on CygWin If you are looking for a relay DNS server, consider dnrd. Look it up on Sourceforge. It is ported to cygwin (I helped!). -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com

Re: Suggestions for caching only DNS server to run on CygWin

2006-04-27 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 09:22:26PM -0500, Ren? Berber wrote: >Herb Martin wrote: > >> Suggestions for caching only DNS server to run on CygWin > >Like Brian said, bind works fine, either compiled under Cygwin or the binary >distributed by ISC. And, moreover complete sente

Re: Suggestions for caching only DNS server to run on CygWin

2006-04-27 Thread René Berber
Herb Martin wrote: > Suggestions for caching only DNS server to run on CygWin Like Brian said, bind works fine, either compiled under Cygwin or the binary distributed by ISC. -- René Berber -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: h

Re: Suggestions for caching only DNS server to run on CygWin

2006-04-27 Thread Brian Dessent
Herb Martin wrote: > Suggestions for caching only DNS server to run on CygWin I'm not exactly sure what you're getting at here. I use the win32 native version of BIND9 for this and it works great. It's not really running "on Cygwin", but I don't see what tha

Suggestions for caching only DNS server to run on CygWin

2006-04-27 Thread Herb Martin
Suggestions for caching only DNS server to run on CygWin -- Herb Martin -- 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: Problems compiling PerlMagick. Any suggestions...

2005-08-15 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
the associated devel libraries & headers (from the cygwin package) But when I try to compile PerlMagick Im getting all kinds of compile errors etc. Any suggestions??? Below is a transcript... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/.cpan/build/PerlMagick-6.20 From the ImageMagick website: "You

Re: Problems compiling PerlMagick. Any suggestions...

2005-08-15 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 12:28:49AM -0700, John Cavanaugh wrote: > $ make > cp Magick.pm blib/lib/Image/Magick.pm > AutoSplitting blib/lib/Image/Magick.pm > (blib/lib/auto/Image/Magick) > /opt/perl587/bin/perl.exe > /opt/perl587/lib/5.8.7/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap > /opt/perl587/lib/5.8.7/Ex > tUtil

Problems compiling PerlMagick. Any suggestions...

2005-08-15 Thread John Cavanaugh
libraries & headers (from the cygwin package) But when I try to compile PerlMagick Im getting all kinds of compile errors etc. Any suggestions??? Below is a transcript... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/.cpan/build/PerlMagick-6.20 $ make realclean rm -f \ *.a core \ Magick.c core.[0-9] \ blib/arch/

RE: Problem with exec and some suggestions

2005-08-04 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: Gansta93 >Sent: 04 August 2005 16:54 > OK... I though an emulator was able to do the same things as Linux, > but not Cygwin... Cygwin isn't an emulator, it's an emulation layer; this is different. If you want to run Linux software on Windows, it does run unde

Re: Problem with exec and some suggestions

2005-08-04 Thread Gansta93
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, OK... I though an emulator was able to do the same things as Linux, but not Cygwin... I may have missunderstood cygwin purpauses as you said Pavel Tsekov. I'll have to let Linux for others people... Thank you for helps. Patrick -BEGIN PG

re: Problem with exec and some suggestions

2005-08-04 Thread Pavel Tsekov
Hello, On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Gansta93 wrote: > the output of file pbcompiler.exe is: > pbcompiler.exe: ELF 32-bit LSB Executable, Intel 80386, version 1 > (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.2.0, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), > no stripped > About cygcheck -svr: the output is too long for my screen, a

re: Problem with exec and some suggestions

2005-08-04 Thread Gansta93
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, the output of file pbcompiler.exe is: pbcompiler.exe: ELF 32-bit LSB Executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.2.0, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), no stripped About cygcheck -svr: the output is too long for my screen, a

re: problem with exec and some suggestions

2005-08-04 Thread Pavel Tsekov
Hello, On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Gansta93 wrote: > For mount command, this command is not in my logic... I've tried and > tried again, alwais displaied the help... and unable to have it > correctly... argh... and about rename the file, when I type > pbcompiler > or > pbcompiler.exe > I read > command

re: problem with exec and some suggestions

2005-08-04 Thread Eric Blake
> pbcompiler > or > pbcompiler.exe > I read > command not found Probably because your $PATH does not include . (the current directory). > and when I type > ./pbcompiler.exe I can read > ./pbcompiler: cannot execute binary file. Hmm, what is the output of "file pbcompiler*"? Are you sure it is a

re: problem with exec and some suggestions

2005-08-04 Thread Gansta93
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, For mount command, this command is not in my logic... I've tried and tried again, alwais displaied the help... and unable to have it correctly... argh... and about rename the file, when I type pbcompiler or pbcompiler.exe I read command not fo

Re: Problem with exec and some suggestions

2005-08-04 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Gansta93 on 8/4/2005 6:13 AM: > Hello, > > As I have just readed, I've tried to changes permissions using chmod > 755 pbcompiler for change it because it hadn't permissions for > execution. But when I type again ls -l pbcompiler the resul

RE: Problem with exec and some suggestions

2005-08-04 Thread Morche Matthias
Sorry, I had to read more carefully. If You cannot change the permissions to be executable, You won't be able to execute it. There must be some options to the mount command to make everything executable... Try mount -X ... regards, matthias Morche Matthias wrote: > Does pbcompiler start w

RE: Problem with exec and some suggestions

2005-08-04 Thread Morche Matthias
Does pbcompiler start with something like #!/bin/sh in ist first line? And does that /bin/sh after #! exist and is that executable? Does /bin/sh pbcompiler work as expected? regards, matthias Gansta93 wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello, > > As I have just read

Re: Problem with exec and some suggestions

2005-08-04 Thread Gansta93
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, As I have just readed, I've tried to changes permissions using chmod 755 pbcompiler for change it because it hadn't permissions for execution. But when I type again ls -l pbcompiler the result is the same and I cannot execute is. Is windows 98

Re: Problem with exec and some suggestions

2005-08-04 Thread Pavel Tsekov
r your help. > > Patrick > - - Message d'origine - > De : "Pavel Tsekov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ? : "Gansta93" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc : > Envoy? : jeudi 4 ao?t 2005 13:20 > Objet : Re: Problem with exec and some suggestions > > &

Re: Problem with exec and some suggestions

2005-08-04 Thread Pavel Tsekov
Hello, On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Gansta93 wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > That's exactly what exec is for: transfer all control to the > > program you specified. When it ends, everything ends: the command > > shell and the window it lives in. > > > > Just leave out the ex

Re: Problem with exec and some suggestions

2005-08-04 Thread Gansta93
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > That's exactly what exec is for: transfer all control to the > program you specified. When it ends, everything ends: the command > shell and the window it lives in. > > Just leave out the exec prefix. > > Stein Hello, Thanks. But when I just type t

Re: Problem with exec and some suggestions

2005-08-03 Thread Manuel Soto
lt of my command. > Why can't I type dirrectly the name of the executable? Else what can > I do for stop closing the consol when using exec? I am on Windows 98. > What can I do? > And two suggestions: an uninstaller would be good and a confirmation > after clicking on cancel button

Re: Problem with exec and some suggestions

2005-08-03 Thread Stein Somers
Gansta93 wrote: The problem is when I type exec And the executable name and parameters I want to pass to it, the consol window close and I can't see the result of my command. That's exactly what exec is for: transfer all control to the program you specified. When it ends, everything ends: th

Problem with exec and some suggestions

2005-08-03 Thread Gansta93
of my command. Why can't I type dirrectly the name of the executable? Else what can I do for stop closing the consol when using exec? I am on Windows 98. What can I do? And two suggestions: an uninstaller would be good and a confirmation after clicking on cancel button would be better th

Re: suggestions for cygwin developers

2005-07-28 Thread Ken Dibble
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Ken Dibble wrote: Chris January wrote: 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

RE: suggestions for cygwin developers

2005-07-28 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: Ken Dibble >Sent: 28 July 2005 11:48 > Checking to see if a new version available assumes an internet connection. > My opinion is that this would play havoc with dial-up users. Besides, who wants cygwin to phone home? That's waaay too much like windoze! > If t

Re: suggestions for cygwin developers

2005-07-28 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Ken Dibble wrote: > Chris January wrote: > > > 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 what

Re: suggestions for cygwin developers

2005-07-28 Thread Ken Dibble
Chris January wrote: 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 goo

Re: suggestions for cygwin developers

2005-07-28 Thread Chris January
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

Re: suggestions for cygwin developers

2005-07-27 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
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; ano

Re: suggestions for cygwin developers

2005-07-27 Thread Alex Goldman
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 wh

Re: suggestions for cygwin developers

2005-07-27 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
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

suggestions for cygwin developers

2005-07-27 Thread Alex Goldman
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. O

Re: Cannot find the librtl3 package even after reading suggestions in FAQ and posts!

2005-05-18 Thread Walter Bunch
Christopher Faylor cygwin.com> writes: > >> "all", downloading 190 *.bz2, but there's no libintl3-0.14.1-1.tar.bz2 to > >> be > >> found, and not even a gettext directory under release. Oddly enough, using > >> mirrors.kernel.org and ftp.sunsite.utk.edu I get 308 *.bz2, yet still no > >> libintl

Re: Cannot find the librtl3 package even after reading suggestions in FAQ and posts!

2005-05-18 Thread Brian Dessent
Walter Bunch wrote: > cygcheck won't run, since it can't find cygintl-3.dll. You can grab the > installed.db at http://www1.chapman.edu/~bunch/installed.db > > The setup.exe came from sources.redhat.com/cygwin yesterday. Wow. You're missing ash. You're missing gettext. You're missing several

Re: Cannot find the librtl3 package even after reading suggestions in FAQ and posts!

2005-05-18 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 09:20:33PM +, Walter Bunch wrote: >Brian Dessent dessent.net> writes: >>If that's really the case then there's something wrong going on in >>setup.exe. Can you please attach your "cygcheck -srv" as well as the >>contents of /etc/setup/installed.db? > >cygcheck won't ru

Re: Cannot find the librtl3 package even after reading suggestions in FAQ and posts!

2005-05-18 Thread Walter Bunch
Brian Dessent dessent.net> writes: > If that's really the case then there's something wrong going on in > setup.exe. Can you please attach your "cygcheck -srv" as well as the > contents of /etc/setup/installed.db? > > Brian > > cygcheck won't run, since it can't find cygintl-3.dll. You can g

Re: Cannot find the librtl3 package even after reading suggestions in FAQ and posts!

2005-05-18 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 01:28:35PM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote: >Walter Bunch wrote: > >> I see libintl3-0.14.1-1.tar.bz2 at mirrors.rcn.net, but setup.exe doesn't >> show >> it under the libs category, or anwhere else I look. I tried a global INSTALL >> on >> "all", downloading 190 *.bz2, but the

Re: Cannot find the librtl3 package even after reading suggestions in FAQ and posts!

2005-05-18 Thread Brian Dessent
Walter Bunch wrote: > I see libintl3-0.14.1-1.tar.bz2 at mirrors.rcn.net, but setup.exe doesn't show > it under the libs category, or anwhere else I look. I tried a global INSTALL > on > "all", downloading 190 *.bz2, but there's no libintl3-0.14.1-1.tar.bz2 to be > found, and not even a gettext d

Re: Cannot find the librtl3 package even after reading suggestions in FAQ and posts!

2005-05-18 Thread Walter Bunch
Larry Hall cygwin.com> writes: > >Is the package database wrong > >in saying that cygintl-3.dll is in: > > > >libintl3/libintl3-0.14.1-1GNU Internationalization runtime library > > > > No, it's correct. For instance, I found it on the RCN mirror at > >

Re: Cannot find the librtl3 package even after reading suggestions in FAQ and posts!

2005-05-14 Thread Brian Dessent
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've run setup at least a half a dozen times now following the directions > is previous posts. Libintl3 never shows up in the list. I went into the > directory where I downloaded the kit so I could install it locally and Forget about the directory structure for a minu

Re: Cannot find the librtl3 package even after reading suggestions in FAQ and posts!

2005-05-12 Thread Larry Hall
At 01:22 PM 5/12/2005, you wrote: >Hello! > >I've been following with great interest the issue of a missing >cygintl-3.dll file. I've read the FAQ's and found that the dll should be >in the libintl3 package. > >I'm at a real loss here as I've checked my copied distribution and a >number of mir

Re: Cannot find the librtl3 package even after reading suggestions in FAQ and posts!

2005-05-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 09:13:01PM +0200, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: > >>On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 09:01:17PM +0200, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: >> >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>> I am assuming that there should be a release\libintl3 with a libintl3/libintl3-0.14.1-1 fi

Re: Cannot find the librtl3 package even after reading suggestions in FAQ and posts!

2005-05-12 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 09:01:17PM +0200, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am assuming that there should be a release\libintl3 with a libintl3/libintl3-0.14.1-1 file in it. Shouldn't there? If not, why doesn't setup show it when I switch it to FULL m

Re: Cannot find the librtl3 package even after reading suggestions in FAQ and posts!

2005-05-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 09:01:17PM +0200, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>I am assuming that there should be a release\libintl3 with a >>libintl3/libintl3-0.14.1-1 file in it. Shouldn't there? If not, why >>doesn't setup show it when I switch it to FULL mode? > >Since libi

Re: Cannot find the librtl3 package even after reading suggestions in FAQ and posts!

2005-05-12 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am assuming that there should be a release\libintl3 with a libintl3/libintl3-0.14.1-1 file in it. Shouldn't there? If not, why doesn't setup show it when I switch it to FULL mode? Since libintl is part of gettext there is no dir release/libintl3 but the dir release/g

Re: Re: Cannot find the librtl3 package even after reading suggestions in FAQ and posts!

2005-05-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 01:50:42PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >You missed my point in the post. I'm not disputing that the dll isn't in >the libintl3 package. What I'm saying is that the package file IS NOT IN >THE DISTRIBUTION KIT! No, I didn't miss this. I listed the contents of the pa

Re: Re: Cannot find the librtl3 package even after reading suggestions in FAQ and posts!

2005-05-12 Thread David_Fox
Christopher, You missed my point in the post. I'm not disputing that the dll isn't in the libintl3 package. What I'm saying is that the package file IS NOT IN THE DISTRIBUTION KIT! I've even checked some mirror sites around the world for the directory thinking that maybe it didn't get copied

Re: Cannot find the librtl3 package even after reading suggestions in FAQ and posts!

2005-05-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 01:10:57PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hello! > >I've been following with great interest the issue of a missing >cygintl-3.dll file. I've read the FAQ's and found that the dll should be >in the libintl3 package. > >I'm at a real loss here as I've checked my copied d

Cannot find the librtl3 package even after reading suggestions in FAQ and posts!

2005-05-12 Thread David_Fox
where. Without this library cygwin will not start for me. Is there a problem with the current distribution that the GNU Internationalization libraries are missing? Is the package database wrong in saying that cygintl-3.dll is in: libintl3/libintl3-0.14.1-1GNU Internationalization runtime libra

Cannot find the librtl3 package even after reading suggestions in FAQ and posts!

2005-05-12 Thread David_Fox
where. Without this library cygwin will not start for me. Is there a problem with the current distribution that the GNU Internationalization libraries are missing? Is the package database wrong in saying that cygintl-3.dll is in: libintl3/libintl3-0.14.1-1GNU Internationalization runtime libra

Re: Suggestions

2004-12-06 Thread Rodrigo de Salvo Braz
; may be interpreted as > > the version currently installed in the computer (which is actually the > > meaning of "Keep"), not the packages' currently released versions. Just a > > thought. > > Any suggestions for "clearer words"? I meant jus

RE: Suggestions

2004-12-06 Thread Dave Korn
" without > > saying what is being kept suggests little and "Curr" may be > interpreted as > > the version currently installed in the computer (which is > actually the > > meaning of "Keep"), not the packages' currently released > versions.

Re: Suggestions

2004-12-06 Thread Joshua Daniel Franklin
(which is actually the > meaning of "Keep"), not the packages' currently released versions. Just a > thought. Any suggestions for "clearer words"? -- 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: Suggestions

2004-12-05 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Brian Ford > Sent: 05 December 2004 20:53 > To: Rodrigo de Salvo Braz > Cc: cygwin > Subject: Re: Suggestions > > On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Rodrigo de Salvo Braz wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Is th

Re: Suggestions

2004-12-05 Thread Brian Ford
On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Rodrigo de Salvo Braz wrote: > Hi, > > Is there some more specific place in which to give suggestions or feedback > about the Cygwin pages? Nope. -- Brian Ford Senior Realtime Software Engineer VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems FlightSafety International the

Re: Suggestions

2004-12-04 Thread Rodrigo de Salvo Braz
On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Larry Hall wrote: > At 06:43 PM 12/3/2004, you wrote: > >Is there some more specific place in which to give suggestions or feedback > >about the Cygwin pages? > Sure. Here. :-) Ok, just making sure, thanks. I would like to suggest that the words "Ke

Re: Suggestions

2004-12-04 Thread Larry Hall
At 06:43 PM 12/3/2004, you wrote: >Hi, > >Is there some more specific place in which to give suggestions or feedback >about the Cygwin pages? Sure. Here. :-) See <http://cygwin.com/lists.html> for more details. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com

Suggestions

2004-12-03 Thread Rodrigo de Salvo Braz
Hi, Is there some more specific place in which to give suggestions or feedback about the Cygwin pages? Thanks, Rodrigo -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html

Re: Licensing for academic computer labs at a university (and setup.exe suggestions)

2003-08-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 10:45:17AM -0500, Scott Copus wrote: >Bill C. Riemers wrote: >>Actually, if the are university computers, then only university needs >>to have access to the source. The GPL only requires that if you are >>distribute the binaries, that you also distribute the source. It say

Re: cygwin.com suggestions

2002-03-16 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 04:30:06PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: >I'd rather be _real_ simple about it. I.e. Offer a choice: reboot >after the install or close app foo now. The user does one or the >other, not a hybrid (close app foo after the install). I think those are the only sane choices,

RE: cygwin.com suggestions

2002-03-15 Thread Robert Collins
> -Original Message- > From: Gary R. Van Sickle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 4:14 PM > PAIN! WINDOWS... DRIVERS! FILE... SYSTEM... AHA!!! > > Actually I was thinking this would be a perfect job for that > snazzy new daemon coming down th

RE: cygwin.com suggestions

2002-03-15 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
[snip] > > But that doesn't really replace the current DLL. IOW the > > changes are not > > effective until one reboots. Personally I find this a crummy > > way to do > > things but perhaps that's all that can be done. > > I think crummy is a little harsh. And yes, other than shutting down all >

RE: cygwin.com suggestions

2002-03-15 Thread Robert Collins
> -Original Message- > From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 2:29 PM > >No its not - a rename operation on a memorymapped file fails. It's > >under win16 *cough* win9x->Me that memorymapped files can be > renamed or > >deleted. > > It wo

Re: cygwin.com suggestions

2002-03-15 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 12:48:41PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > > >> -Original Message- >> From: Chris January [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 10:34 AM > >> > But that doesn't really replace the current DLL. IOW the >> changes are >> > not effective until

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