Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/10/03/05:29:49
Sent: 02 October 2003 16:02 From: Igor Pechtchanski
>On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Linda W. wrote:
..snip..
> > What's wrong with a resizable
> > window? I really don't know -- does it require a Ph.D. to do? I've
> > never done windows programming, so I really don't know, but is it really
> > that difficult?
>
> Actually, no, a Ph.D. is apparently not enough (I do have one, and I don't
> understand the intricacies of the interface enough to make that dialog
> properly resizeable). And I *have* done a fair share of Windows (and GUI)
> programming. Face it: it's just *not that easy*. If it were, someone
> would have implemented it. It might be a good exercise to actually look
> at the code instead of useless complaining. There must be a reason why
> it's been on the setup TODO list next to forever.
...snip...
> Another place to check is the setup TODO list and WISHLIST in the README.
> You can either download the setup source package, or check it out on
>
<http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/setup/README?rev=2.35&cvsro
ot=cygwin-apps>
Err, I've just read the README linked above, and as far as I can see a
resizable window isn't on either the TODO list or the wishlist.
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