Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com> List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/> List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs> Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Info: This message was accepted for relay by smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net as the sender used SMTP authentication X-Trace: UmFuZG9tSVa1FrrgoDD13va/0jfZqdw+MBT5hySSH0yyFrMvYtPBf2MKOU5KekZE Message-ID: <3F311CB1.2070606@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 11:20:17 -0400 From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jim Drash <JDrash AT eesus DOT jnj DOT com> CC: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: rfe: seamless windows integration References: <Pine DOT CYG DOT 4 DOT 55 DOT 0308061100390 DOT 1960 AT WEESUSCI9812517 DOT eesus DOT na DOT jnj DOT com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.CYG.4.55.0308061100390.1960@WEESUSCI9812517.eesus.na.jnj.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jim Drash wrote: > Maybe I am a little slow but if someone wants a shortcut to the "X" apps > can't they just create a short cut to the "C:\cygwin\use\X11R6\bin" > directory? > > Again, I am into the KISS (Keep It Simple, cause I am Stupid) method for > most things. > > Am I missing something? Well, other than the fact that any X-specific questions really belong on the cygwin-xfree list rather than the cygwin list, I'm not sure. A "shortcut" in UNIX-speak is a symbolic link. It is possible to create a symbolic link to a directory. So if you want to create a symbolic link to the directory on your system containing X applications, you can do so in Cygwin if that's your pleasure. If this wasn't your question or you feel the need to discuss further this issue, I recommend that you read <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>, including the referenced article on "smart questions" and the descriptions of the various email lists available and the topics they cover. HTH, -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/