Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/10/25/12:43:10
Hmm, did I sound that serious? :-D
Igor
On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com wrote:
> Sorry Igor. One must always submit a patch in order to post to
> this email list. Please reformulate all your email (retroactively)
> to be posts in the form of a patch. Chris, is there any way to
> block posts to this list that aren't patches? Oops! My email isn't
> a patch either! ;-) ;-) ;-)
>
> Seriously, no one expects all comments, suggestions, or requests to come
> with patches (at least not on this list ;-) ) I hope no one really has
> that impression. Generally, I think responses that suggest submitting a
> patch are meant to indicate to the original poster that the request or
> comment would see more immediate fruition if a patch is included. Sometimes
> folks expect there's an idle group of developers just hanging around waiting
> to jump on the next request from the list. Even if the current audience
> doesn't have that perception, making a clear statement that someone who may
> later search the archives can find is often helpful. So please don't be
> offended by any response suggesting a patch... unless it makes you want to
> submit one! ;-)
>
> Larry
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Igor Pechtchanski pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu
> Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 12:03:31 -0400 (EDT)
> 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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