RFC: giflib and libungif

2006-12-05 Thread Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In September 2005[1], Corinna asked to postpone including giflib in the distro until after all known LZW patents had expired. According to the GNU website[2], this has already occurred. May I now proceed with ITPing it? [1]

Re: RFC: giflib and libungif

2006-12-05 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 5 02:34, Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In September 2005[1], Corinna asked to postpone including giflib in the distro until after all known LZW patents had expired. According to the GNU website[2], this has already occurred. May I now

Re: signing off, mostly

2006-12-05 Thread Joshua Daniel Franklin
On 12/4/06, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 10:01:51AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: thanks for your commitment in the last couple of years, it's been highly appreciated. Big ditto from me. I'm very sad that you are leaving Joshua. It's been a real pleasure working with

Re: change resolution?

2006-12-05 Thread Bengt-Arne Fjellner
Hemal Pandya skrev: Thank you for your responses, Bengt-Arne Fjellner Bengt-Arne dot Fjellner at ltu dot se and Jeff dot Blosser at wellsfargo dot com. Bengt-Arne, I will try your suggestion, it should be a good workaround. By lose a window do you mean that the owning process will also

Re: problem of cygwin X fixed

2006-12-05 Thread David Picton
From: Emacs Rocky rockyemacs at gmail dot com To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 18:12:31 +0800 Dear: I just sent a mail to complain I can't start X in cygwin. Now, I fount the solution in old mail-list. Anybody experienced the same problem can refer to

src/winsup/cygwin ChangeLog dcrt0.cc fork.cc s ...

2006-12-05 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-12-05 10:59:21 Modified files: winsup/cygwin : ChangeLog dcrt0.cc fork.cc spawn.cc wincap.cc wincap.h Log message: * dcrt0.cc (get_cygwin_startup_info): Change

src/winsup/cygwin ChangeLog

2006-12-05 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-12-05 11:07:12 Modified files: winsup/cygwin : ChangeLog Log message: Fix date. Patches:

src/winsup/cygwin ChangeLog dcrt0.cc fork.cc s ...

2006-12-05 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Branch: cr-0x5f1 Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-12-05 11:34:01 Modified files: winsup/cygwin : ChangeLog dcrt0.cc fork.cc spawn.cc wincap.cc wincap.h Log message: * dcrt0.cc

src/winsup/cygwin ChangeLog dcrt0.cc wincap.cc

2006-12-05 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-12-05 13:16:24 Modified files: winsup/cygwin : ChangeLog dcrt0.cc wincap.cc Log message: * dcrt0.cc (get_cygwin_startup_info): Fix comment. * wincap.cc (wincapc::init): Always

src/winsup/cygwin ChangeLog dcrt0.cc wincap.cc

2006-12-05 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Branch: cr-0x5f1 Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-12-05 13:16:37 Modified files: winsup/cygwin : ChangeLog dcrt0.cc wincap.cc Log message: * dcrt0.cc (get_cygwin_startup_info): Fix comment. * wincap.cc

src/winsup/cygwin ChangeLog path.cc

2006-12-05 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-12-05 21:46:27 Modified files: winsup/cygwin : ChangeLog path.cc Log message: * path.cc (cwdstuff::init): Don't change to windows_system_directory if Cygwin DLL has been loaded

Re: Setting vim to nocompatible by default in Cygwin

2006-12-05 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 4 14:29, Carles Cufi wrote: Hi there, After some discussion with Matt Wozniski I've come to the conclusion that the default global config file for vim (/usr/share/vim/vimrc) included with Cygwin differs quite importantly from the ones included in other UNIX-like operating systems

Re: Setting vim to nocompatible by default in Cygwin

2006-12-05 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 5 11:48, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Dec 4 14:29, Carles Cufi wrote: Hi there, After some discussion with Matt Wozniski I've come to the conclusion that the default global config file for vim (/usr/share/vim/vimrc) included with Cygwin differs quite importantly from the ones

Help for debug and pause

2006-12-05 Thread sitha
Hi Everybody, I am bit new to cygwin. I want to know about two things very clearly pls help me. 1. how to debug a program written in C++? Pls give me little detail explanation. 2.How to pause a program while it is runing and then how to restart again? Regards, SItha. -- View this message in

Re: bash CRLF problems (I have read the recent announcement)

2006-12-05 Thread Mark Fisher
On 12/5/06, Kevin Layer layer at franz.com wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin.com wrote: version=`cat foo1.out` ... Time to adjust your expectations. ;-) Text mounts write CRNL as EOLs for all files that are not explicitly opened as binary (or text for that

Re: Help for debug and pause

2006-12-05 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
sitha wrote: Hi Everybody, I am bit new to cygwin. I want to know about two things very clearly pls help me. 1. how to debug a program written in C++? Pls give me little detail explanation. Use 'gdb' like so 'gdb executable name'. executable name must have been compiled with the '-g' switch.

Re: print from xfig

2006-12-05 Thread Andrew Louie
Steven Woody narkewoody at gmail.com writes: i can run xfig successuflly, but i can not print our network printer. it reported: lpr: printer error: can't open 'd:\printersharename' what do i do? thank you. Can you normally print with lpr? did you try: lpr

Re: bash CRLF problems (I have read the recent announcement)

2006-12-05 Thread Kevin Layer
Mark Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if you change the echo's to echo -n you don't get the ^M chars, as it surpresses the CR in the output. is this possible on the real scripts you talk about, or is the version generating script/app not changeable? The only restriction is that it work on all

Re: printf '\377\376h\000\r\000\n\000'|file - #wrong result?

2006-12-05 Thread Tom Rodman
Thanks Corinna On Mon 12/4/06 22:10 +0100 cygwin@cygwin.com wrote: On Dec 4 14:47, Tom Rodman wrote: Should this directed to the file package maintainer?: No. You're using different versions of the `file' package. The output of `file' is based on data files which are updated with each

cygwin opengl problem

2006-12-05 Thread dvmorris
I finally managed to get this c++ program compiled on cygwin, and when I start it up, the interface (done in fltk) works great, but the opengl display window is frozen. It only shows the last frame from the openGL buffer on the machine. if i open another opengl program, display something, then go

Re: cygwin opengl problem

2006-12-05 Thread dvmorris
dvmorris wrote: I finally managed to get this c++ program compiled on cygwin, and when I start it up, the interface (done in fltk) works great, but the opengl display window is frozen. It only shows the last frame from the openGL buffer on the machine. if i open another opengl program,

postres using cygwin on windows95

2006-12-05 Thread Amy
Hi, I have to create a database using Open Office and using PostgreSQL; to accomplish this i ran into Cygwin. I just read an SQL book, so I am very new to Prgramming. Heres my problem: after installing (and installing the DLL files for win95) i was able to open correctly. I also created data

Re: cygwin opengl problem

2006-12-05 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
dvmorris wrote: dvmorris wrote: I finally managed to get this c++ program compiled on cygwin, and when I start it up, the interface (done in fltk) works great, but the opengl display window is frozen. It only shows the last frame from the openGL buffer on the machine. if i open another opengl

undo (C-/) for terminal version of emacs not working

2006-12-05 Thread James Bigler
I use the emacs in terminal mode (-nw) quite a bit, and I haven't be able to figure this out. When I run emacs in either the cmd.exe or the rxvt window I can't get the terminal to send a C-/ character. Many other C- functions work (like C-space in rxvt as discussed here:

Re: cygwin opengl problem

2006-12-05 Thread dvmorris
ok, i will start looking at all the opengl code and seeing where the problem might be. thanks for the advice. dave -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/cygwin-opengl-problem-tf2762607.html#a7704268 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe

Vista 64 users, please test snapshot

2006-12-05 Thread Corinna Vinschen
I've applied a patch to Cygwin which should workaround what appears to be a compatibility bug in WOW64 on Vista 64. If you want details, see the huge comment in the sources, file dcrt0.cc, get_cygwin_startup_info(). http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#WJFFM Please try the latest snapshot DLL from

Re: postres using cygwin on windows95

2006-12-05 Thread Reini Urban
Amy schrieb: I have to create a database using Open Office and using PostgreSQL; to accomplish this i ran into Cygwin. I just read an SQL book, so I am very new to Prgramming. Heres my problem: after installing (and installing the DLL files for win95) i was able to open correctly. I also

Re: Setting vim to nocompatible by default in Cygwin

2006-12-05 Thread Carles Cufi
Fair enough. I have to say that it can be a bit confusing for people who are used to standard Linux distributions and Mac OS X when they start using Cygwin, but I understand your point. Thanks! Carles - Original Message From: Corinna Vinschen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cygwin@cygwin.com

Re: Setting vim to nocompatible by default in Cygwin

2006-12-05 Thread DePriest, Jason R.
On 12/5/06, Carles Cufi wrote: Fair enough. I have to say that it can be a bit confusing for people who are used to standard Linux distributions and Mac OS X when they start using Cygwin, but I understand your point. Thanks! Carles It was indeed confusing to me when I started using

bash-3.2.5-7: COLUMNS and LINES variables are not set

2006-12-05 Thread Mark Edgar
It seems that bash for Cygwin does not set the COLUMNS and LINES shell variables, neither at startup nor when WINCH is delivered. Defining TIOCGWINSZ by including termios.h in lib/sh/winsize.c fixes the issue. -Mark -- Unsubscribe info:

Binaries Don't Execute

2006-12-05 Thread tbrowder
I have upgraded my cygwin installation and now some bibaries don't execute. The ones I've noticed so far are ssh and diff. When I execute ssh, the binary is found on my path, and it shows as executable, but it responds with nothing. Same thing with diff and which. Any clues? Thanks. Tom

setting up a local mirror

2006-12-05 Thread Nathan Moore
Cygwin is used extensively within my school's physics department, and I'd like to set up a local mirror for packages. I assume this entails writing a bash script which downloads all of the source packages from an official repository. The script is then run at regular (ie crontab

Re: Binaries Don't Execute

2006-12-05 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, tbrowder wrote: I have upgraded my cygwin installation and now some bibaries don't execute. The ones I've noticed so far are ssh and diff. When I execute ssh, the binary is found on my path, and it shows as executable, but it responds with nothing. Same thing with diff

Re: bash-3.2.5-7: COLUMNS and LINES variables are not set

2006-12-05 Thread Eric Blake
Mark Edgar mark.edgar at gcmail.maricopa.edu writes: It seems that bash for Cygwin does not set the COLUMNS and LINES shell variables, neither at startup nor when WINCH is delivered. Defining TIOCGWINSZ by including termios.h in lib/sh/winsize.c fixes the issue. Thanks for the hint!

Re: find -execdir command executed in wrong directory

2006-12-05 Thread Eric Blake
David Rothenberger daveroth at acm.org writes: find -execdir seems to be executing the command in the wrong directory. If the file is in /tmp/a/b/c, the command is executed with the current directory /tmp/a/b instead of /tmp/a/b/c. oldfind does the right thing. Thanks for the report. I'm

Re: Setting vim to nocompatible by default in Cygwin [Attn base-files maintainer]

2006-12-05 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to DePriest, Jason R. on 12/5/2006 3:06 PM: It was indeed confusing to me when I started using Cygwin. I copied my vimrc file from my Debian GNU/Linux system to my Cygwin system and that fixed it (and a few other issues I have with

Re: Help for debug and pause

2006-12-05 Thread Dave Silvia
Hi! You could be talking about two different things, I'm not sure. If you mean pause a running program from a command line then you use: Ctrl-Z If you use Ctrl-C, it quits the program. Once you've paused a program from the command line, you type: fg Which brings it back to the foreground. If