Re: New to cygwin list. How to request or assist with a package update?

2022-12-01 Thread bzs
Perhaps it's unnecessary to point out that this went to the wrong reply address, 100% my fault, mostly harmless though. Top posted because it seemed appropriate in this case. On November 30, 2022 at 22:43 b...@theworld.com (b...@theworld.com) wrote: > > FWIW this has come up on World sin

Re: New to cygwin list. How to request or assist with a package update?

2022-11-30 Thread bzs
FWIW this has come up on World since more or less the beginning and our policy thus far has been to consider an account name permanently in use even if the underlying account has been closed. One big problem here is that getting someone's email is enough to, for example, steal domains they may o

Re: New to cygwin list. How to request or assist with a package update?

2022-11-27 Thread Brian Inglis
On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 13:03:27 -0500, Mark Murawski wrote: What would the best way to go about getting an updated build of a specific package? Right now I'm particularly interested in getting the latest version of terminator. Post with subject e.g. "python terminator upgrade Attn: maintainer" an

Re: New to cygwin list. How to request or assist with a package update?

2022-11-27 Thread Adam Dinwoodie
On Sat, Nov 26, 2022 at 01:03:27PM -0500, Mark Murawski wrote: > Hi! > > > What would the best way to go about getting an updated build of a specific > package? > > Right now I'm particularly interested in getting the latest version of > terminator. > > > Terminator Terminal Package: > > Late

New to cygwin list. How to request or assist with a package update?

2022-11-26 Thread Mark Murawski
Hi! What would the best way to go about getting an updated build of a specific package? Right now I'm particularly interested in getting the latest version of terminator. Terminator Terminal Package: Latest in Debian: 2.1.2-1 Latest in cygwin: 0.98-1 Thanks. -- Problem reports:

Re: Looking for txt editors, GUI - New to CYGWIN

2012-03-17 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Christopher Faylor! Thanks, that helps! I am trying to learn more about Apps and how they work with UNIX. Are there any TextEditor or GUI apps that I can download and put into the BIN, and then execute them from Cygwin? >>> Most people use vim, >> >>vim have two m

Re: Looking for txt editors, GUI - New to CYGWIN

2012-03-16 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 09:53:49PM +0400, Andrey Repin wrote: >Greetings, Andrew DeFaria! > >>> Thanks, that helps! I am trying to learn more about Apps and how they work >>> with UNIX. Are there any TextEditor or GUI apps that I can download and put >>> into the BIN, and then execute them from C

Re: Looking for txt editors, GUI - New to CYGWIN

2012-03-16 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Andrew DeFaria! >> Thanks, that helps! I am trying to learn more about Apps and how they work >> with UNIX. Are there any TextEditor or GUI apps that I can download and put >> into the BIN, and then execute them from Cygwin? > Most people use vim, vim have two modes of work: in first

Re: Looking for txt editors, GUI - New to CYGWIN

2012-03-16 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 04:43:53PM +0100, Erwin Waterlander wrote: >On 03/16/2012 06:53 AM, Earthprime wrote: >> Hi everyone, and thanks for your time and assistance. I'm relatively new to >> UNIX and cygwin and have been mastering the system over the past few days. >> I want to start using TXT ed

Re: Looking for txt editors, GUI - New to CYGWIN

2012-03-16 Thread Ken Brown
On 3/16/2012 11:43 AM, Erwin Waterlander wrote: On 03/16/2012 06:53 AM, Earthprime wrote: Hi everyone, and thanks for your time and assistance. I'm relatively new to UNIX and cygwin and have been mastering the system over the past few days. I want to start using TXT editors and GUIs, though I ca

Re: Looking for txt editors, GUI - New to CYGWIN

2012-03-16 Thread Erwin Waterlander
On 03/16/2012 06:53 AM, Earthprime wrote: Hi everyone, and thanks for your time and assistance. I'm relatively new to UNIX and cygwin and have been mastering the system over the past few days. I want to start using TXT editors and GUIs, though I can't figure out how to launch them from cygwin, i

Re: Looking for txt editors, GUI - New to CYGWIN

2012-03-16 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 03/16/2012 07:25 AM, Earthprime wrote: Thanks, that helps! I am trying to learn more about Apps and how they work with UNIX. Are there any TextEditor or GUI apps that I can download and put into the BIN, and then execute them from Cygwin? Most people use vim, or Emacs or XEmacs. You probably

Re: Looking for txt editors, GUI - New to CYGWIN

2012-03-16 Thread Earthprime
> Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Looking-for-txt-editors%2C-GUI---New-to-CYGWIN-tp33517284p33517488.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Problem

Re: Looking for txt editors, GUI - New to CYGWIN

2012-03-16 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 03/16/2012 06:53 AM, Earthprime wrote: Hi everyone, and thanks for your time and assistance. I'm relatively new to UNIX and cygwin and have been mastering the system over the past few days. I want to start using TXT editors and GUIs, though I can't figure out how to launch them from cygwin, i

Looking for txt editors, GUI - New to CYGWIN

2012-03-16 Thread Earthprime
ll package. Can anyone give me the prompt commands to launch a GUI and Text Editor, or tell me where to download the apps so I can add them to my BIN folder? -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Looking-for-txt-editors%2C-GUI---New-to-CYGWIN-tp33517284p33517284.html Sent from the C

Re: New to cygwin, trouble using GSL

2011-05-26 Thread marco atzeri
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Rufus_Darkstar wrote: > > So, I have recently attempted to install gsl on in cygwin.  Here is the > output i get from using the "make" command: > http://old.nabble.com/file/p31708242/Untitled.png Untitled.png > I'm really not sure what this means. Is there a partic

New to cygwin, trouble using GSL

2011-05-26 Thread Rufus_Darkstar
? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/New-to-cygwin%2C-trouble-using-GSL-tp31708242p31708242.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:

SCTP (was Re: New to cygwin)

2009-02-02 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 2 02:48, sarshh wrote: > Hi, can any one please guide me as I am unable to include > using cygwin, what could be the problem, and what should be done to solve > it? The reason for your problem is that there is no file netinet/sctp.h on Cygwin. The reason why there is no such file on Cygw

Re: New to cygwin

2009-02-02 Thread sarshh
Hi, can any one please guide me as I am unable to include using cygwin, what could be the problem, and what should be done to solve it? best Regards Tomasz Jankowski wrote: > > Hello! > > I'm completely new to cygwin (and generally to programming for the MS > Windows to

Re: New To Cygwin

2008-07-17 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
mwade wrote: Hello, I am new to cygwin and after I have installed it I ran it and try to traverse to different directories and every time I do I run ls or dir and I get command not found. Did I miss something during the install? I start off in /usr/bin, but then by just typing cd I end up

New To Cygwin

2008-07-17 Thread mwade
Hello, I am new to cygwin and after I have installed it I ran it and try to traverse to different directories and every time I do I run ls or dir and I get command not found. Did I miss something during the install? I start off in /usr/bin, but then by just typing cd I end up where I would want

Re: New to cygwin

2007-11-27 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Tomasz Jankowski wrote: 2007/11/27, Erich Dollansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I would recommend to use cygwin if you want to write a program for multiple platforms. That is what I'm going to do. What is your programming background? Sorry I don't understand this question? What do mean by "bac

Re: New to cygwin

2007-11-27 Thread joekrahn
library. Joe Krahn -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/New-to-cygwin-tf4876592.html#a13983691 Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems

Re: New to cygwin

2007-11-27 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Tomasz Jankowski (Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:36:16 +0100) > 2007/11/27, Erich Dollansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I would recommend to use cygwin if you want to write a program for > > multiple platforms. > That is what I'm going to do. > > > What is your programming background? > Sorry I don't understa

Re: New to cygwin

2007-11-27 Thread Tomasz Jankowski
2007/11/27, Erich Dollansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I would recommend to use cygwin if you want to write a program for > multiple platforms. That is what I'm going to do. > What is your programming background? Sorry I don't understand this question? What do mean by "background"? :( -- Cya! Tom

Re: New to cygwin

2007-11-26 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Tomasz Jankowski wrote: I'm completely new to cygwin (and generally to programming for the MS Windows too). I'm working on a library and I need to use some socket API in it. I decided to prepare port for win32, but it's much harder, that I thought. the basic socket API

Re: New to cygwin

2007-11-26 Thread Tomasz Jankowski
One more question, does anyone tried to build sctplib using cygwin? Here is link to page with source code I'm talking about: http://www.sctp.de/sctp-download.html The most important for me is package named 'socketapi', because it provides API documented in set of RFC documents about SCTP protocol

RE: New to cygwin

2007-11-26 Thread Dave Korn
On 26 November 2007 17:35, Tomasz Jankowski wrote: > 1. I found, that functions like sendmsg and recvmsg are available in > cygwin, is it true? Yep. > 2. What about IPv6, is it available in cygwin? Nope, not yet, but it's under active development at the moment. > 3. Does cygwin in some way

New to cygwin

2007-11-26 Thread Tomasz Jankowski
Hello! I'm completely new to cygwin (and generally to programming for the MS Windows too). I'm working on a library and I need to use some socket API in it. I decided to prepare port for win32, but it's much harder, that I thought. I found, that cygwin can make my life easier, e

Re: new to cygwin

2005-12-18 Thread Andrew DeFaria
Luke Vanderfluit wrote: Hi. I'm new to cygwin. I have a few questions to start with. Can I change the font in the default command shell window? The default command shell window is nothing more than the same default window you get with Start: Run: Cmd and is changed the same way. How

new to cygwin

2005-12-18 Thread Luke Vanderfluit
Hi. I'm new to cygwin. I have a few questions to start with. Can I change the font in the default command shell window? How do I find out which fonts are available under cygwin (eg. I'd like to change the fonts that I use in vi) Thanks. Kind regards. -- Luke -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: New to Cygwin - Problems with Cygwin NFS

2005-07-07 Thread ohaya
Larry Hall wrote: > > At 02:17 AM 7/7/2005, you wrote: > > > > >ohaya wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> I've been trying to configure Cygwin NFS running on a Windows 2003 > >> Server machine (machine: testwin2k3) to export directories so that I can > >> eventually use these directories as home d

Re: New to Cygwin - Problems with Cygwin NFS

2005-07-07 Thread Larry Hall
At 02:17 AM 7/7/2005, you wrote: >ohaya wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I've been trying to configure Cygwin NFS running on a Windows 2003 >> Server machine (machine: testwin2k3) to export directories so that I can >> eventually use these directories as home directories on Solaris >> machines. >> >>

Re: New to Cygwin - Problems with Cygwin NFS

2005-07-06 Thread ohaya
Hi, I was just looking in /var/log/nfsd.log under Cygwin, and I am seeing lots of errors: auth_clnt.c 352 : Unable to seteuid(1000): no such process Jim ohaya wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been trying to configure Cygwin NFS running on a Windows 2003 > Server machine (machine: testwin2k3) to exp

New to Cygwin - Problems with Cygwin NFS

2005-07-06 Thread ohaya
Hi, I've been trying to configure Cygwin NFS running on a Windows 2003 Server machine (machine: testwin2k3) to export directories so that I can eventually use these directories as home directories on Solaris machines. I got Cygwin and Cygwin NFS installed, and somewhat working, but am having prob

Re: new to cygwin: where do i get...?

2005-04-05 Thread Brian Dessent
geekleaf wrote: > I am new to this list and to cygwin so please excuse some basic questions... > I installed cygwin from setup.exe from the main cygwin.org site but noticed > that many commands are missing -- not surprising -- what is the best way to > populate my various bins? where do i get the

new to cygwin: where do i get...?

2005-04-05 Thread geekleaf
Greetings all: I am new to this list and to cygwin so please excuse some basic questions... I installed cygwin from setup.exe from the main cygwin.org site but noticed that many commands are missing -- not surprising -- what is the best way to populate my various bins? where do i get the commands

RE: New to CygWin

2005-02-02 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID)
At Wednesday, February 02, 2005 3:53 AM, Cameron wrote: > Hi, > > I haven't quite installed it yet because I wanted to know if you can > return to Windows afterwards. Cygwin runs on top of Windows so Windows is never gone -- you can use both simultaneously. See also http://sources.redhat.com/cyg

Re: New to CygWin

2005-02-02 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 2 08:52, Cameron wrote: > Hi, > > I haven't quite installed it yet because I wanted to know if you can return > to > Windows afterwards. Who would ever want that? Or, wait, is that a serious question? I can't believe it. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send m

New to CygWin

2005-02-02 Thread Cameron
Hi, I haven't quite installed it yet because I wanted to know if you can return to Windows afterwards. Thanks! -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Re: new to cygwin, not understanding a setup issue...

2004-02-18 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Adam Reiswig (2004-02-18 01:45 +0100) > Hello, I am new to cygwin. I am running a windows 2000 machine. I just > finished downloading and installing cygwin. When the setup finished I > ran the Cygwin icon on my desktop, got the bash prompt and every command > I type comes back

new to cygwin, not understanding a setup issue...

2004-02-17 Thread Adam Reiswig
Hello, I am new to cygwin. I am running a windows 2000 machine. I just finished downloading and installing cygwin. When the setup finished I ran the Cygwin icon on my desktop, got the bash prompt and every command I type comes back "command not found". The head of the bash win

Re[2]: New to cygwin, newbie style question

2003-03-14 Thread Sean Rima
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Andrew, Friday, March 14, 2003, 9:29:01 PM, you wrote: AM> / Sean Rima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: AM> | Hello cygwin, AM> | AM> | I am new to cygwin, having used all GNU apps on a Linux box which AM> | sadly blew up

Re: New to cygwin, newbie style question

2003-03-14 Thread Andrew Markebo
/ Sean Rima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Hello cygwin, | | I am new to cygwin, having used all GNU apps on a Linux box which | sadly blew up on me. I am trying to get some of my favourite apps to | work on a XP box. I have compiled Spamprobe which works well inside | the cygwin envi

Re[2]: New to cygwin, newbie style question

2003-03-14 Thread Sean Rima
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Igor, Friday, March 14, 2003, 8:04:24 PM, you wrote: IP> On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Sean Rima wrote: >> Hello cygwin, >> >> I am new to cygwin, having used all GNU apps on a Linux box which >> sadly blew up on me. I

Re: New to cygwin, newbie style question

2003-03-14 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Sean Rima wrote: > Hello cygwin, > > I am new to cygwin, having used all GNU apps on a Linux box which > sadly blew up on me. I am trying to get some of my favourite apps to > work on a XP box. I have compiled Spamprobe which works well inside > the

New to cygwin, newbie style question

2003-03-14 Thread Sean Rima
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello cygwin, I am new to cygwin, having used all GNU apps on a Linux box which sadly blew up on me. I am trying to get some of my favourite apps to work on a XP box. I have compiled Spamprobe which works well inside the cygwin enviroment