From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf
Of Andrew M. Inggs
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3. *Move* the ENTIRE cache directory onto a CDR (or whatever) - do NOT
change anything within the cache.
Specifically for CD-R, I have had trouble doing this because the
URL-encoded directories that
This is now clearly off topic ;-)
(Yeah! I Succeeded once again :-D )
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Of Christopher Faylor
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But, as I have observed that Time confuses facts occasionally, I
hardly know what weight to give to his authority. -- Charles Dickens,
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail) wrote:
This is now clearly off topic ;-)
(Yeah! I Succeeded once again :-D )
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Of Christopher Faylor
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But, as I have observed that Time confuses facts occasionally, I
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 04:11:35PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
***Groan***! Oh, no! Now look what you've done!
Next thing you know, we'll be having a contest for the best Cygwin
documentation poem! With the winner being awarded gold stars by cgf!
;-)
Let the games begin. If it's cygwin
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Thu, Mar 27, [EMAIL PROTECTED]:11:35PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
***Groan***! Oh, no! Now look what you've done!
Next thing you know, we'll be having a contest for the best Cygwin
documentation poem! With the winner being awarded gold
At 14:15 2003-03-27, you wrote:
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Thu, Mar 27, [EMAIL PROTECTED]:11:35PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
***Groan***! Oh, no! Now look what you've done!
Next thing you know, we'll be having a contest for the best Cygwin
documentation poem!
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote:
[snip]
Still waiting for that gold star web page. Elfyn? You volunteering?
cgf
Oh, *that*... I have that ready to check in. Except... What was Elfyn's
first star for? Can't find it in the
On Thu, Mar 27, [EMAIL PROTECTED]:11:35PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
***Groan***! Oh, no! Now look what you've done!
Next thing you know, we'll be having a contest for the best Cygwin
documentation poem! With the winner being awarded gold stars by cgf!
;-)
Let the games
***Groan***! Oh, no! Now look what you've done!
Next thing you know, we'll be having a contest for the best Cygwin
documentation poem! With the winner being awarded gold stars by cgf!
;-)
And I'll keep track of 'em ;-) We could have a Cygwin poets corner? LOL
Regards,
Elfyn McBratney
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 04:11:35PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
***Groan***! Oh, no! Now look what you've done!
Next thing you know, we'll be having a contest for the best Cygwin
documentation poem! With the winner being awarded gold stars by cgf!
;-)
Let the games begin. If it's
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote:
[snip]
Still waiting for that gold star web page. Elfyn? You volunteering?
cgf
Oh, *that*... I have that ready to check in. Except...
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 06:22:22PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote:
[snip]
Still waiting for that gold star web page. Elfyn? You volunteering?
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From: Igor Pechtchanski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:15:08 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Added setup.exe to User's Guide
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Thu, Mar 27, [EMAIL PROTECTED]:11:35PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote:
[snip]
Still waiting for that gold star web page. Elfyn? You
volunteering?
cgf
Oh, *that*... I have that ready to check in.
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote:
[snip]
Still waiting for that gold star web page. Elfyn? You
volunteering?
cgf
Oh, *that*... I have that ready to
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Timothy C Prince wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Igor Pechtchanski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:15:08 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Added setup.exe to User's Guide
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Thu, Mar 27
Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail) wrote:
As I understood from a posting of Igor Pechtchanski this isn't as hard as I
thought(1).
Well, now to the collection of words; something like this, maybe:
--
If you have a CD-burner, ZIP, Jazz, removable HD or some such at home
_and_ in a machine
Andrew,
At 11:41 2003-03-26, Andrew M. Inggs wrote:
...
Specifically for CD-R, I have had trouble doing this because the
URL-encoded directories that setup.exe creates to keep track of which
mirror you select are not ISO9660 or Joliet friendly. I usually just
rename the directory before
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Of Joshua Daniel Franklin
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IMHO my suggestions adds just that *tiny bit* of extra info
that makes a new user get the grip - without some of the FAQs.
This is true, and makes me feel somewhat guilty since one of the goals I
On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 09:53:54PM +0100, Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail) wrote:
IMO; Don't _include_ the descriptions for 'cp' and 'mkdir' - instead find a
relevant pointer to earlier/ better/ whatever description. This is what I
wish I've had when I was a new user :-).
Nor do I think
On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 11:15:30PM -0600, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:
While I can't totally empathize since I've never had high Internet bills,
until recently I was on US dialup (that's 53Kb down at best).
I've been around since it was 2400 bps ;-) - believe me; that is slow.
Since
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Of Joshua Daniel Franklin
On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 08:54:11PM +0100, Hannu E K Nevalainen
(garbage mail) wrote:
Suggestions for wording changes/expansion of the text.
I believe most of your suggestions assume that the user has little
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail) wrote:
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Of Joshua Daniel Franklin
On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 08:54:11PM +0100, Hannu E K Nevalainen
(garbage mail) wrote:
Suggestions for wording changes/expansion of the
From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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IIRC, the only gotcha about using setup's cache on a CD-R was to not put
it in the root of the CD-R (because of the way Windows omits the \ from
the root path, and that confuses setup). Placing the cache in a
subdirectory, say,
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Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hannu,
Your comments about installing Cygwin via setup using a local cache and/or
burning a CD to install from do have merit. Can you suggest some wording
that would describe a simple process that will work
On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 09:35, Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail) wrote:
(1)
I had the impression that setup.exe saved paths within it's *ini-file or
some such; thus forcing one to have *exactly* the same path at cache-disk
creation AND use time.
setup doesn't. :].
Rob
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I put a several people's comments inline here.
--- Pierre A. Humblet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, a lot of the problem is probably that it is somewhat mysterious to
me as well. The way I see it, everyone should use All Users unless they
don't have local Administrators privlidge, right?
It
I also added an apostrophe to Contributor's at
http://cygwin.com/setup.html
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On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 10:39:40AM -0600, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:
I put a several people's comments inline here.
Nice work, Joshua, thanks.
I would still make the Install For explanation more direct.
Something like:
The Install For options of All Users or Just Me should always be
All
On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 10:39:40AM -0600, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:
I put a several people's comments inline here.
I see that you didn't add a link for the CVS wishlist README as I suggested.
Was there some reason for that?
cgf
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On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 01:23:29PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 10:39:40AM -0600, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:
I put a several people's comments inline here.
I see that you didn't add a link for the CVS wishlist README as I suggested.
Was there some reason for
On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 11:56:00AM -0500, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 10:39:40AM -0600, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:
I put a several people's comments inline here.
I would still make the Install For explanation more direct.
Something like:
The Install For options of
I also added an apostrophe to Contributor's
pedantryShould be Contributors' IMO (multiple contributors -
intended for _people_)/pedantry
I thought long and hard about this, and decided that I thought that
it is a Guide for Each Contributor (singular). But, if there is a
general plurality
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Subject: Added setup.exe to User's Guide
I have made an attempt at documenting setup.exe here:
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html
Veteran setup.exe users, please read and comment.
Thanks!
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On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 08:54:11PM +0100, Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail) wrote:
Suggestions for wording changes/expansion of the text.
I believe most of your suggestions assume that the user has little or
no knowledge of Unix. I'm operating under the assumption that most new
users have
I have made an attempt at documenting setup.exe here:
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html
Veteran setup.exe users, please read and comment.
Thanks!
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