Re: Documentation
Jon TURNEY wrote: I've just updated the documentation under http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ I am glad someone is doing it! Thanks! -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Documentation
Jonathan Johansen wrote: Hi All, I've tried installing the Cygwin X11 server to try to be able to run an X app, but the cygwin installation packages were completely different to the ones mentioned on the website and in the documentation. I had to search the mailing list to get the required package names. So, can I suggest that the website and/or documentation are updated to reflect the package name changes? I'm sure it would save a lot of pain for people in the future. I've just updated the documentation under http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ If you have suggestions on how to improve it, patches are more than welcome :-) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Documentation
Hi All, I've tried installing the Cygwin X11 server to try to be able to run an X app, but the cygwin installation packages were completely different to the ones mentioned on the website and in the documentation. I had to search the mailing list to get the required package names. So, can I suggest that the website and/or documentation are updated to reflect the package name changes? I'm sure it would save a lot of pain for people in the future. Regards, Jonathan Johansen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Documentation
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Jonathan Johansen wrote: I've tried installing the Cygwin X11 server to try to be able to run an X app, but the cygwin installation packages were completely different to the ones mentioned on the website and in the documentation. I had to search the mailing list to get the required package names. So, can I suggest that the website and/or documentation are updated to reflect the package name changes? I'm sure it would save a lot of pain for people in the future. http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#SHTDI Yaakov Cygwin/X -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkkk6mMACgkQpiWmPGlmQSNnoQCg9dovtbYAd+xAV73rTcYkBUsl /cAAoKDvc2rshXsqn3N9Qt6tz5N+PgEU =M4zL -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
does rxvt really read /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/Rxvt as stated in cygwin documentation?
In the rxvt documentation shipped with cygwin (as presented by 'man rxvt') it claims I can set system-wide defaults in a file in a file named /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/Rxvt. I've been trying to do that but rxvt seems to completely ignore the contents of such a file. If, however, the same file contents are placed in ~/.Xdefaults it reads them fine. Is this documentation correct? I'm having no luck with getting rxvt to read /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults. We do need some sort of system level default because we are configuring end user laptops with cygwin - we want a reasonable default set up but we also want to let the knowledgable user override it - the easiest way is to have two configuration files - one that gets updated by systems scripts and one the user maintains. We would like to reserve ~/.Xdefaults for the user's customizations. It doesn't appear to be a start up issue. No matter whether I launch rxvt from a shortcut (e.g. starting in XP land and moving into the world of cygwin) or if I start in a bash shell and enter rxvt at the prompt I have the same problem. (N.B. in both cases DISPLAY=:0) rxvt -h produces the following result: Rxvt v2.7.10 - released: 26 MARCH 2003 Options: XPM,transparent,utmp,menubar,multichar_languages,scrollbars=rxvt+NeXT+xterm,frills,linespace,.Xdefaults Usage: rxvt [-help] [--help] [-display string] [-tn string] [-geometry geometry] [-C] [-iconic] [-/+rv] [-/+ls] [-/+j] [-/+sb] [-/+sr] [-/+st] [-/+si] [-/+sk] [-/+sw] [-/+ip] [-/+ipf] [-/+ut] [-/+vb] [-/+mcc] [-/+tcw] [-bg color] [-fg color] [-ufbg color] [-pixmap file[;geom]] [-fb fontname] [-fn fontname] [-fm fontname] [-km mode] [-name string] [-title string] [-n string] [-cr color] [-pr color] [-bd color] [-sl number] [-w number] [-b number] [-lsp number] [-sbt number] [-mod modifier] [-xrm string] [-e command arg ...] beth -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
documentation of run.exe
Hi, Where can be found the documentation of run? R.M. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: documentation of run.exe
On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 09:44 -0400, Rodrigo Medina wrote: Hi, Where can be found the documentation of run? No one has written one so far. Lets try with this one: RUN(1) User Commands RUN(1) NAME run - start programs with hidden console SYNOPSIS run [-p path] command [-wait] arguments runcommand [-p path] [-wait] argument DESCRIPTION Windows programs are either GUI programs or console programs. When started, console programs will either attach to an existing console or create a new one. GUI programs can never attach to an exiting console. There is no way to attach to an existing console but hide it if started as GUI program. run will do this for you. It works as intermediate and starts a program but makes the console window hidden. With -p path you can add path to the PATH environment variable. Issuing -wait as first program argument will make run wait for program completition, otherwise it returns immediately. The second variant is for creating wrappers. If the executable is named runcommand (eg runemacs), run will try to start the program (eg emacs). EXAMPLES run -p /usr/X11R6/bin xterm run emacs -wait runemacs -wait run make -wait bye ago signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Need more documentation
I visited that page, and it offered to download _source_, not documentation. But the OP asked for documentation. I would have hoped that most contributors to this list know the difference between source and documentation! Besides: nobody wants to download an entire Gzip archive of source just for the info or man pages that may or may not be included in the archive:-( --- Patrick Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.x.org/download.cgi?rel=6.8.2 - Original Message - From: Paquet-Roy, Frederik [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 1:28 PM Subject: Need more documentation I was wondering if there is any document available about how data is managed on the client side and on the server side. I want to know what exactly is done on each side and what is sent to the other. Maybe a kind of flowchart... Thanks Frédéric Paquet CMC Electronics www.cmcelectronics.ca __ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com
Re: Need more documentation
If you want to know X window system documents, there are links. http://x.cygwin.com/devel/ -- Kensuke Matsuzaki mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://peppermint.jp
Re: Need more documentation
Paquet-Roy, Frederik wrote: I was wondering if there is any document available about how data is managed on the client side and on the server side. I want to know what exactly is done on each side and what is sent to the other. Maybe a kind of flowchart... Are you referring to X11 or to cygwin/X in special. For X11 there are various design descriptions available in xc/doc of the XOrg source distribution and on the net. For cygwin/X there is no such documentation available but it tries to be as close as possible to the X11 Porting Layer Definition. This document should be available on the cygwin/X website. bye ago NP: Xotox - Eisenkiller -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
Need more documentation
I was wondering if there is any document available about how data is managed on the client side and on the server side. I want to know what exactly is done on each side and what is sent to the other. Maybe a kind of flowchart... Thanks Frédéric Paquet CMC Electronics www.cmcelectronics.ca
Re: Need more documentation
I was wondering if there is any document available about how data is managed on the client side and on the server side. I want to know what exactly is done on each side and what is sent to the other. Maybe a kind of flowchart... client and server side of what? cygwin? X-windows?
Re: Need more documentation
http://www.x.org/download.cgi?rel=6.8.2 - Original Message - From: Paquet-Roy, Frederik [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 1:28 PM Subject: Need more documentation I was wondering if there is any document available about how data is managed on the client side and on the server side. I want to know what exactly is done on each side and what is sent to the other. Maybe a kind of flowchart... Thanks Frédéric Paquet CMC Electronics www.cmcelectronics.ca
Updated documentation
I have updated the documentation on the website and in cvs. Changelog (compiled from my memories... may be incomplete) Users guide: - documented all previously undocumented commandline switches (me) FAQ: - some cleanups on x11forwarding (me) Contributors guide: - updated section about obtaining the cygwin-x-doc sources (me) all of the above: - general update to match latest xorg release (Harold Hunt) I hope I've not missed an important point. I'm away until Tuesday, this means complaints will likely remain uncommented until then. bye ago NP: Spetsnaz - Foul Play -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
XWin options lack of documentation.
Hi all, I am working to update XWin.man. I have found that: 1)The following options of XWin are active but ARE NOT documented either in the X-UG or in the -help option of XWin. OptionX-UG -help option -helpNO Yes -logfile NO NO -logverbose NO NO -nounicodeclipboard NO Yes -xkblayout NO Yes -xkbrulesNO Yes -xkbmodelNO Yes -xkbvariant NO Yes -xkboptions NO Yes -[no]keyhook NO NO 2)The following inactive options ARE documented in the UG: -xf86config -keyboard 3)There is a BUG with the -logverbose option. It requires an integer parameter. If such parameter isn't given the alert panel appears and the help text is written in XWin.log as expected, but then there is a Segmentation Fault crash. Perhaps, instead of finishing, the program tries to continue with a nonexistent parameter. Questions: 1)I understand that the parameter of the -logverbose option controls the degree of verbosity of log messages. But I have found that there is no effect in the XWin.log file as the value of the parameter is changed. The only effect I have found is a shorter output of the log messages that are directed to the console when the parameter is negative. It is really that the intended behavior? If such were the case, it is not simpler to have an option without parameter with a name like -noconsolelog? 2)Will be the -emulatepseudo option eventually activated?. If that were the case I can leave the description of the option in the man page with the indication that it is still not implemented. Rodrigo Medina
Re: XWin options lack of documentation.
Rodrigo Medina wrote: Hi all, I am working to update XWin.man. I have found that: 1)The following options of XWin are active but ARE NOT documented either in the X-UG or in the -help option of XWin. OptionX-UG -help option -helpNO Yes -logfile NO NO -logverbose NO NO -nounicodeclipboard NO Yes -xkblayout NO Yes -xkbrulesNO Yes -xkbmodelNO Yes -xkbvariant NO Yes -xkboptions NO Yes -[no]keyhook NO NO 2)The following inactive options ARE documented in the UG: -xf86config -keyboard Thanks for sorting them out. I'll start documenting them 3)There is a BUG with the -logverbose option. It requires an integer parameter. If such parameter isn't given the alert panel appears and the help text is written in XWin.log as expected, but then there is a Segmentation Fault crash. Perhaps, instead of finishing, the program tries to continue with a nonexistent parameter. I will take a look. Questions: 1)I understand that the parameter of the -logverbose option controls the degree of verbosity of log messages. But I have found that there is no effect in the XWin.log file as the value of the parameter is changed. The only effect I have found is a shorter output of the log messages that are directed to the console when the parameter is negative. It is really that the intended behavior? If such were the case, it is not simpler to have an option without parameter with a name like -noconsolelog? Currently only few logmessages have a verbosity level set. The general idea was logleveloutput 0 only fatal errors, help message 1 simple information about configuration (will get default sometime) 2 (current detailed loginfo (including trace and debug output) default) 3 + maybe some very detailed debug output 2)Will be the -emulatepseudo option eventually activated?. If that were the case I can leave the description of the option in the man page with the indication that it is still not implemented. bye ago NP: Funker Vogt - Pure War -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
Documentation - Reorganized FAQ posted
Alexander Gottwald reorganized the FAQ (http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/), moving questions about XDMCP, X11 tunnelling, and I18N support into their own sections. Harold
[ANNOUNCEMENT] Cygwin/XFree86 Documentation 0.9.10
Links: I just posted release 0.9.10 to the documentation development page: http://xfree86.cygwin.com/devel/documentation/ Documentation, formatted, direct links: Contributor's Guide http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/cg User's Guide http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/ FAQ http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ Documentation source releases are now available via the sources.redhat.com ftp mirror network (http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html) in the pub/cygwin/xfree/devel/documentation/ directory. You may wish to note the desired filename in the links below, then download from your closest mirror (http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html). Documentation source, direct link: http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/xwin/docs/cygwin-xfree-doc-0.9.10.tar.gz (680 KiB) Changes: 1) CG - Add cygipc and expat to list of required packages for development. (Harold L Hunt II) 2) UG - Add new Window Managers section that describes how Cygwin/XFree86 works with different types of window managers (e.g. internal, local external, xdmcp, remote). (Harold L Hunt II) 3) UG - Add Clipboard Integration section that describes how the clipboard integration system is used and why it has a certain deficiency. (Harold L Hunt II) 4) UG - Add Shared Memory Support (MIT-SHM Extension) section that describes how to enable shared memory support at run-time. (Harold L Hunt II) 5) UG - Update list of command-line parameters. Add -clipboard, -clipupdates, -ignoreinput, -multimonitors, -multiwindow, -rootless, -scrollbars, -[no]trayicon, -xf86config, and -keyboard. (Harold L Hunt II) Enjoy, Harold
[ANNOUNCEMENT] Cygwin/XFree86 Documentation 0.9.9
Links: I just posted release 0.9.9 to the documentation development page: http://xfree86.cygwin.com/devel/documentation/ Documentation, formatted, direct links: Contributor's Guide http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/cg User's Guide http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/ FAQ http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ Documentation source releases are now available via the sources.redhat.com ftp mirror network (http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html) in the pub/cygwin/xfree/devel/documentation/ directory. You may wish to note the desired filename in the links below, then download from your closest mirror (http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html). Documentation source, direct link: http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/xwin/docs/cygwin-xfree-doc-0.9.9.tar.gz (678 KiB) Changes: 1) FAQ - Updated the entries about non U.S. keyboard layouts. (Alexander Gottwald) 2) FAQ - Added troubleshooting info for X11Forwarding and keyboard layouts. (Alexander Gottwald) 3) General - Imported documentation sources to cygwin-xfree-doc CVS repository (link below) on the xoncygwin SourceForge project. (Alexander Gottwald) http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xoncygwin/cygwin-xfree-doc/ Enjoy, Harold
Re: Import of documentation into cvs
Harold L Hunt II wrote: Alexander, Yeah, the major problem would be (I think) that the most recent source post is not the most recent source. I take it you would like the most recent source? When can you send me the sources? I've updates for the frequently asked question on keyboardlayouts and the related troubleshooting prepared. bye ago NP: Apoptygma Berzerk - Mourn (Lhrmx) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
Re: Import of documentation into cvs
Alexander, I am sorry, I just checked and the most recent version of the source (0.9.8) was already on the web: http://xfree86.cygwin.com/devel/documentation/changelog.html I have not made any updates since then. Harold Alexander Gottwald wrote: Harold L Hunt II wrote: Alexander, Yeah, the major problem would be (I think) that the most recent source post is not the most recent source. I take it you would like the most recent source? When can you send me the sources? I've updates for the frequently asked question on keyboardlayouts and the related troubleshooting prepared. bye ago NP: Apoptygma Berzerk - Mourn (Lhrmx)
Import of documentation into cvs
Hi, I'm planning to import the faq, cg, and ug sources to the xoncygwin repository. Are there any opinions against this import? bye ago -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
Re: Import of documentation into cvs
Alexander, Yeah, the major problem would be (I think) that the most recent source post is not the most recent source. I take it you would like the most recent source? Harold Alexander Gottwald wrote: Hi, I'm planning to import the faq, cg, and ug sources to the xoncygwin repository. Are there any opinions against this import? bye ago
Re: Import of documentation into cvs
On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Harold L Hunt II wrote: Alexander, Yeah, the major problem would be (I think) that the most recent source post is not the most recent source. I take it you would like the most recent source? Of course. I'm planning to update some sections about XF86Config, ssh and keyboards. bye ago -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
Re: Import of documentation into cvs
On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 11:38:25AM +0200, Alexander Gottwald wrote: I'm planning to import the faq, cg, and ug sources to the xoncygwin repository. Are there any opinions against this import? The documentation is already in CVS, right? Is there a problem with the right people not having access because that is easily rectified. cgf
Re: Import of documentation into cvs
On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 11:38:25AM +0200, Alexander Gottwald wrote: I'm planning to import the faq, cg, and ug sources to the xoncygwin repository. Are there any opinions against this import? The documentation is already in CVS, right? No. It was distributed as tarball which Harold has maintained. I've not yet imported it because the tarball is slightly outdated. Is there a problem with the right people not having access because that is easily rectified. I don't understand this. Everybody will at least have readonly access to the docu just like to the latest server sources. bye ago -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
Re: Import of documentation into cvs
On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 11:01:08AM -0400, Harold L Hunt II wrote: I don't think it is in CVS. At least, if it is, I have never used it (qualification: never means long ago enough that I have since forgotten). There are certainly documents in CVS on the web site. I guess the sources to the documents don't reside there. cgf
Re: Import of documentation into cvs
Right. I was wondering if that was what you were talking about. The documentation was written in DocBook, so the sources are essential here. Harold Christopher Faylor wrote: On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 11:01:08AM -0400, Harold L Hunt II wrote: I don't think it is in CVS. At least, if it is, I have never used it (qualification: never means long ago enough that I have since forgotten). There are certainly documents in CVS on the web site. I guess the sources to the documents don't reside there. cgf
Novice question: Is it possible to get FREE documentation for X?
Hello, I'm new to X, so it will be very usefull to read some documentation to get the main ideas of X _before_ downloading and installing all those huge packages. I've tried to let the Google find some, but it failed (of course, it found a lot of links pointing to another links... and so on), and I still don't know what to do :( Actually my question is: Is there any resource, where I can download some tutorials and papers with the description of the main internals of X, the main components (what is where?), programming guidelines etc, from? Thank you Alexey Lyubimov
Re: Novice question: Is it possible to get FREE documentation forX?
Alexei Lioubimov wrote: Actually my question is: Is there any resource, where I can download some tutorials and papers with the description of the main internals of X, the main components (what is where?), programming guidelines etc, from? A collection of links is available at http://www.rahul.net/kenton/xsites.html bye ago NP: Terminal Choice - Kiss You (Remix) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
4.2.0-25 documentation note: -multiplemonitors
I'm happy to report that (at least for the last few minutes ;) the -multiwindow and -multiplemonitors options work together. (Windows 2000, Matrox G450 dual-head) I have just one teensy nit: -multiplemonitors doesn't seem to appear in the documentation; I discovered it from the changelog, which incorrectly states that the option for spanning all available screens is -multimonitor. Thanks to the developers for all your work! -- brion vibber (brion pobox.com) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Documentation updates
I updated the Cygwin/XFree86 FAQ to answer the question about the font path with Solaris (Q 4.9): http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-solaris-fonts I also added a Q/A for the slowdown caused by ATI2evxx.exe (Q 6.1): http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-tasklist-programs -slow In the User's Guide I added documentation for starting multiple XDMCP sessions with different hosts: http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-session.html I gave attributions to Dr. Edward Wornar and David Dawson, so they will want to look at these updates. Harold
[ANNOUNCEMENT] Cygwin/XFree86 Documentation 0.9.6
Links: I just posted release 0.9.6 to the documentation development page: http://xfree86.cygwin.com/devel/documentation/ Documentation, formatted, direct links: Contributor's Guide http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/cg User's Guide http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/ FAQ http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ Documentation source releases are now available via the sources.redhat.com ftp mirror network (http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html) in the pub/cygwin/xfree/devel/documentation/ directory. You may wish to note the desired filename in the links below, then download from your closest mirror (http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html). Documentation source, direct link: http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/xwin/docs/cygwin-xfree-doc-0.9.6.tar.gz (261 KiB) Changes: 1) CG - Create the initial version of the Documentation chapter. 2) UG - Instruct the user to download extract.exe.gz instead of extract.exe.bz2. The bzip2 package is no longer installed by default. The simplest solution to the commonly reported problem of bunzip2 not being present is to use gzip instead. 3) UG - Add more detailed information about each of the project;-specific command line parameters. 4) General - Move the Free Documentation License source to a common location. 5) General - Add a global entities declaration file for entities common to all documents. Enjoy, Harold
[ANNOUNCEMENT] Cygwin/XFree86 Documentation 0.9.5
Links: I just posted release 0.9.5 to the documentation development page: http://xfree86.cygwin.com/devel/documentation/ Documentation, formatted, direct links: Contributor's Guide http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/cg User's Guide http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/ FAQ http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ Documentation source releases are now available via the sources.redhat.com ftp mirror network (http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html) in the pub/cygwin/xfree/devel/documentation/ directory. You may wish to note the desired filename in the links below, then download from your closest mirror (http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html). Documentation source, direct link: http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/xwin/docs/cygwin-xfree-doc-0.9.5.tar.gz (272 KiB) Changes: 1) FAQ - Solaris XDMCP bit depth question. 2) FAQ - Xinstall.sh erroneously requesting Xmod.tgz 3) FAQ - Give each question an id to generate a static URL for each question. Enjoy, Harold
