John Morrison wrote: >> From: Igor Pechtchanski >> >> Hi, >> >> There have been bits of persistent state that people wanted to store >> for setup. I'm proposing an Xdefaults-style setup.cfg in >> /etc/setup. If we compile a list of things to go in there, I could >> write a parser for it (I don't think it merits yacc, like the one >> for setup.ini :-D). >> Igor > > Think that's a good idea, but you'd only be able to parse it if > a) the registry as / mounted and (or) > b) the path to install cygwin has been entered :)
I think that is acceptable. > BTW, apart from colours, what would you store? Whether the users > been asked if they want shortcuts? Yes, that is a prime example. Also, allowing the user to set persistent defaults: * Disable antivirus * Install Type * Proxy settings and maybe even the option to skip across pages entirely. Max.
