Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/01/09/04:51:43
> From: Max Bowsher [maxb AT ukf DOT net]
>
> Please keep replies on list.
Sigh, "Microsoft Default replies" goes personal.
(Or might it be that I'm not on the list?)
> Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail) wrote:
> >> From: Max Bowsher [maxb AT ukf DOT net]
> >>> From: "Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail)"
> >> I did this for ages, until I found out that "Install from Internet"
> >> does maintain a local directory you can install from again.
> >
> > And where is that directory located? I do NOT want it to be on a
> > hardcoded location (like C:\cygwin\ or something) because of backup
> > AND space considerations.
>
> The directory you specify in "Select Local Package Directory".
Nice :-), now the thing that is missing is just mentioning this
on an obvious place, or maybe; change the initial
"Choose A Download Source" into "Choose operation(s)"
with a 'list' of checkboxes:
Local directory: <current path displayed>
Install root dir: <current setting displayed>
Internet connection: <current setting displayed>
[ ] Change settings
[ ] Download to local directory
[ ] Install from local directory
(where the first checkbox makes the thing go through all the
settings: root and local dir, internet connection type...)
which might be more intuitive, don't you think?
NOTE: I'm not pro-anything, I just feel there is room for
improvement with the current 'layout'.
Here I'm trying to find out what 'improvement' is to be.
Please, be open-minded! :-)
-- 8< --
> "Beep after long operation" ?
Hmm... ;-) I must have a load of latent agressions: I don't like beeing
beeped at! :-}
> Sane, but I personally don't have time to code it.
Ahh... Have I heard that before? ;-)
/Hannu E K Nevalainen, Mariefred, Sweden - busy undergraduate, B.Sc. EE.
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