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Date: | Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:54:48 -0800 |
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1) why does it re-ask me for my proxy and not remember my server choice each time I enter setup. 2) why does it maximize each time I enter the package choice? Ouch! hard on the eyes to have my entire screen filled with white! 3). How do I make the type larger? 6pt font is a bit small -- I know it's not smaller than it used to be, but I'm having to spend more time going through packages to reinstall things. I could handle the small type for short periods, but now it's getting to be a pain. FWIW .. I'm replacing my 1.5. 1.5 was causing too many problems with my Unicode filenames -- many files it couldn't read the name of. All of my internet based files are UTF-8, so many characters causing 1.5 to throw out errors about unreadable files. That and I deleted my home directory on my Vista machine w/1.5 -- did an 'rm' of files in the recycling bin. apparently there was a reparse-link back to my home directory in there. Oh well. Was thinking about reformatting and starting over with win7 anyway. It wasn't my primary machine, so I didn't really lose any data, just some messed up install work. :-) The fact that 1.5 can't detect reparse points really makes it dangerous on Vista where MS is constantly using them to redirect folders. On XP, the only ones I encountered were ones I created, so I could keep track of that. On Vista (and probably Win7), it's a minefield. -linda i -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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