Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/10/10/04:50:36
Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 06:19:07PM -0700, Lex Ein wrote:
>>"Cygwin Setup - Finish
>>
>> Create icons
>> Have setup create icons for easy access to the Cygwin environment.
>> [ ] Create icon on _Desktop
>> [ ] Add icon to _Start Menu
>>
>> Optional tasks - (may take many minutes!)
>> [ ] Build database (makewhatis) of man page short descriptions for
>> 'whatis' & 'apropos'.
>> [ ] Build database (updatedb) of file names for 'locate'.
>>
>> Display README information at exit.
>> [ ] Display /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/ directory of README files.
>
>
> I think that's a very good idea. It would need to be conditional on the
> existence of man and, I guess, find, though.
In the context of some of the earlier posts in this thread, can I
suggest that the wording is a little less daunting to those not familiar
with nuix/cygwin. OK, so "Build database (makewhatis) of man page short
descriptions for 'whatis' & 'apropos'" may be technically correct, but
wouldn't something like this be more "helpful":
Optional tasks - (may take many minutes!)
[ ] Build help index (used by 'whatis' and 'apropos' commands)
[ ] Build file index (used by 'locate' command)
R.
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