Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/10/25/12:15:06
both are needed (of course). a detailed command-line
interface would allow for the creation of automated
tests for this most-visible of Cygwin programs.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu]
> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 12:04 PM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: Setup.exe and accessability
>
>
> On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 02:05:14PM +0200, Lars Bj?rndal wrote:
> > >As far I can see, you can not select individual packages within
> > >setup.exe without using the mouse. I'm blind, and
> therefore I can not
> > >install cygwin without assistance from a sighted person. Is it
> > >possible that this will be changed in the next version? Or
> is there a
> > >posibility that I have not seen?
> >
> > The only thing that I can think of that could possibly be of use is
> > the oft-mentioned command line options for setup.exe.
> Various people
> > have mentioned that they were going to work on this but I've never
> > seen anyone (besides Robert of course) follow through on
> fully realizing
> > this to the point where you can install packages from the
> command line.
>
> Adding keyboard shortcuts to the package selection screen
> (i.e., <Tab>bing
> to the Action column and the checkboxes) would do it as well,
> I suppose.
> "Did I phrase that sufficiently neutrally to avoid being
> asked to submit a
> patch?" (C) R. Schulz.
> Igor
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