RE: Cygwin_setup.exe comments...

["Hannu E K Nevalainen \(garbage mail\)" <garbage_collector at telia dot com>]

> From: Igor Pechtchanski

> Linda,
>
> Have you tried a setup snapshot?  <http://cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/>.
> More below.

 Note that 2.415 - the latest snapshot -
is the same you get by hitting "Install Now" at http://cygwin.com

> On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Linda W. wrote:
>
> > Aome comments/suggestions/GRFE's (Grovelling Request for
> Enhancements :-)):
> >
> > 1)  Remember a user's previous choices.  (~/.cygwinsetuprc would be 1
> >     possibility).
>
> Already there.

Sorry; not entirely.
The last "Create Start Menu"-thing doesn't remember its setting. (Unless it
looks at the Start Menu contents?)

> > 1a) allow flags to disable some diaglogs:
<SNIP>
>
> IMO, it's better the way it is now -- all the dialogs still there, but the
> values are saved; you just click "Next".

 Please, no, Igor. You're beeing shortsighted.
Think about beeing able to *automate* things, or even present "end users"
less off options to ponder on (i.e. an admin has set things up for a campus
or some such).

<SNIP the rest>

I'm in here for many reasons; one of them is the possibility to AUTOMATE
things that others haven't even considered possible.
 e.g.
Download images from my digital camera,
 - sorting the images out by date and time,
 - placing them in folders with the image date as name...
 - renaming the image itself so that the name reflects the exact second when
it was shot (among other things making the name unique).

/Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE - 59?16.37'N, 17?12.60'E
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