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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To: "Lawrence W. Smith" <lws AT juiceco DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References: <20011119111358 DOT 22E62724 AT mail DOT int DOT juiceco DOT com>
Subject: Re: Feedback on setup.exe
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 22:22:47 +1100
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence W. Smith" <lws AT juiceco DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 10:11 PM
Subject: Feedback on setup.exe


> Just a short note to point out 2 things:
>
> 1) as newbie friendly as the descriptive package names are as
>    the setup dialog box cannot be adjusted in size most of the
>    description is invisible (1600 x 1200)

Yes. This is a flaw in the dialog based interface. Patches to make setup
use a single window and allow sizing are welcome.

Until then, try scrolling to the right.

> 2) at the risk of sounding like an old stick in the mud, I preferred
>    the shortform names... in conjunction with a fix for (1) could we
>    have both shortform names and descriptions or perhaps a toggle
>    between the two.

Uhmm the shortform names are the bit preceding the first ":" in the
description. Just use those.

Rob


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