Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com X-Authentication-Warning: slinky.cs.nyu.edu: pechtcha owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 19:59:43 -0500 (EST) From: Igor Pechtchanski Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: Anon Mouse cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Installer question In-Reply-To: <20031114004438.9116.qmail@web21502.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: References: <20031114004438.9116.qmail@web21502.mail.yahoo.com> Importance: Normal MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Anon Mouse wrote: > Hello, > > Couple of comments on the installer: > > - Does it have to be non-resizable? It's REALLY a pain to keep > scrolling left-right-left-right in a 3-inch window Yes, it does. The version of the installer currently distributed off the main Cygwin web site (v2.416) is non-resizeable and will forever stay that way[*]. There are a bunch of long discussions on both the main Cygwin list and the cygwin-apps list as to why it has to be so. > - Why isn't there an option to "get it all?" It's REALLY a pain to > have to select each and every package .. compounded by the fact that you > can't read the entire package name without scrolling > left-right-left-right all day There is one. In the "Categories" view, click on "Default" next to the "All" category and wait a bit for it to change to "Install". That'll grab everything, including the kitchen sink. > Does the installer really have to be this difficult? Yes. And to anticipate your next question: . Igor [*] Newer versions, however, do have that capability -- try a setup snapshot from ;-) -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ igor@watson.ibm.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/