X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4AB4564F.2060006@tlinx.org> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:55:59 -0700 From: Linda Walsh User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.22) Gecko/20090605 Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.22 ThunderBrowse/3.2.6.4 Mnenhy/0.7.6.666 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: cygdrive prefix References: <182640b4a6730dafadd266e0cfc9d9bf@mail.smartmobili.com> <416096c60909161406tbfd73ey7a5b9510e7f97762@mail.gmail.com> <4AB15B51.1020006@gmail.com> <416096c60909162218j2890ea1flec06819fbbc8f282@mail.gmail.com> <20090917052007.GA12511@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <416096c60909162236g528635a5s72a6788187ad61d2@mail.gmail.com> <4AB1DBBC.6080808@tlinx.org> In-Reply-To: X-Stationery: 0.4.10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Harald Joerg wrote: > Linda Walsh writes: > >> [...] OTOH, at least the defaults are pretty sensible ... > > Pretty sensible, indeed. I love /cygdrive as just another example of a > pretty sensible default. --- Well, MS, put their unix in /unix. Wouldn't it make sense to put a cygwin subsystem in /cygwin? It's not like it's really "a program" (belonging in "/prog"...). > >> ... (I can just hit ENTER), through the setup ... > > ...and the default buttons in the GUI are always in the same place on > the screen, so if I happen to use a mouse I can just click through, no > need to move the mouse. Not a big deal, maybe, but if so, why are so > many other installers missing it? ---- I *used* to "not get it" viz-a-vie the GUI, too. You just have to place your mouse over the cygwin window, then hit the enter key a bunch of times till you get to the program selection window. There, I admit, it is sized awfully small to see anything -- so I usually have to resize if I want anything other than the default selection... > >> ... -- EXCEPT...at the end -- how many times do I have to tell setup >> that I *STILL* don't want the icon on my desktop??! > > I eventually got around that one. > > I found that I do not want *any* icons on my desktop and switched them > off completely. There is an option in the "Sort symbols" function of > the desktop. --- Well...there are times when I grab all of the icons on my desktop in some frustrated moment, and drop them in a permanent link-to-folder, 'desktop-archive'... so if I ever want to see what I tossed off the DT... But I put icons on the desktop for items I currently want to work with -- sometimes it nice to have the ready access... -l -- 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