Re: gitk unusable in cygwin-1.7.6-1 because tcltk-20080420-1 is native win32 app.

2010-08-30 Thread neomjp
On 27 Aug 2010 19:33:36 +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: It will be synced with the POSIX working directory again, except when the path is too long or it's a virtual directory such as /proc. Thank you for summarizing the thread. I tried using the snapshot cygwin1-20100829.dll.bz2 and confirmed

Re: gitk unusable in cygwin-1.7.6-1 because tcltk-20080420-1 is native win32 app.

2010-08-28 Thread Reini Urban
2010/8/27 Charles Wilson: On 8/27/2010 2:33 PM, Andy Koppe wrote: On 27 August 2010 19:22, neomjp wrote: 2. I understand that the reason to have tcltk-20080420-1 as a win32 app is to have a graphical insight that does not depend on X Window. Cygwin programs can have Win32 interfaces

Re: gitk unusable in cygwin-1.7.6-1 because tcltk-20080420-1 is native win32 app.

2010-08-28 Thread Charles Wilson
On 8/28/2010 10:31 AM, Reini Urban wrote: 2010/8/27 Charles Wilson: Obviously git and python-idle both work with X (on linux) so it's doable to convert -- just a nuisance. A big nuisance in my eyes. Why do I have to start a xserver, when I can use native fast small GDI? Why do you have to

Re: gitk unusable in cygwin-1.7.6-1 because tcltk-20080420-1 is native win32 app.

2010-08-28 Thread Reini Urban
Charles Wilson schrieb: On 8/28/2010 10:31 AM, Reini Urban wrote: 2010/8/27 Charles Wilson: Obviously git and python-idle both work with X (on linux) so it's doable to convert -- just a nuisance. A big nuisance in my eyes. Why do I have to start a xserver, when I can use native fast small

gitk unusable in cygwin-1.7.6-1 because tcltk-20080420-1 is native win32 app.

2010-08-27 Thread neomjp
When I invoke gitk like this: # $ cygcheck -c cygwin git gitk tcltk Cygwin Package Information Package VersionStatus cygwin 1.7.6-1OK git 1.7.1-1OK gitk 1.7.1-1

Re: gitk unusable in cygwin-1.7.6-1 because tcltk-20080420-1 is native win32 app.

2010-08-27 Thread Andy Koppe
On 27 August 2010 19:22, neomjp wrote: 1. I see a long discussion about cygwin vs. win32 CWD is taking place in cygwin-developer. What is win32 CWD going to be in cygwin in the future? It will be synced with the POSIX working directory again, except when the path is too long or it's a virtual

Re: gitk unusable in cygwin-1.7.6-1 because tcltk-20080420-1 is native win32 app.

2010-08-27 Thread Charles Wilson
On 8/27/2010 2:33 PM, Andy Koppe wrote: On 27 August 2010 19:22, neomjp wrote: 2. I understand that the reason to have tcltk-20080420-1 as a win32 app is to have a graphical insight that does not depend on X Window. Cygwin programs can have Win32 interfaces actually, as proven by the likes