-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Jon TURNEY wrote: > I've been wondering what to do about the ancillary packages for X in > the cygwin distro.
Thanks for looking into this. > X-startup-scripts: > > I guess something needs to be done with this, if these scripts are the > normal way for starting the X server I never use them, myself, but perhaps others find them useful; I would hesitate to drop them. > Attached is patch for the xinit package, which adds the scripts > startxwin.bat, startxwin.sh, startxdmcp.bat in a rather simple-minded > way (these scripts have been updated to use the correct paths for a > modular X server) > > X-startup-scripts would then become empty. > > I'm not totally sure this is the right approach, though. I would prefer to keep these separate rather than shoving them into xinit. > X-start-menu-icons: > > This needs some attention as well to update the paths from /usr/X11R6/. > > In a modular X world, though, it might make sense to do some refactoring > so this is a tool for adding/removing start menu icons which is used > in the specific package install/remove scripts, rather than installing > all the icons at once. I've thought about such a thing as well for GUI programs in general, as a new feature to cygport. I'll have to look into this further. Yaakov Cygwin Ports -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkkEGf0ACgkQpiWmPGlmQSMVjACggl5bVG84TKO8RVrZzVYNqfBs negAoLL3vTKmuoXr7kewKXVFiyKTZtdk =pR+Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Cygwin-ports-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cygwin-ports-general
