Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <4168F7CE.2080504@robinbowes.com> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 09:50:22 +0100 From: Robin Bowes Organization: robinbowes.com User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: PostInstallLast addons? References: <4162386A DOT 1080009 AT pastornet DOT net DOT au> <20041005084757 DOT GK6702 AT cygbert DOT vinschen DOT de> <41681FAE DOT 7050508 AT x-ray DOT at> <20041009201936 DOT GA11424 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <1097371147 DOT 11430 DOT 206127296 AT webmail DOT messagingengine DOT com> <20041010030550 DOT GA14377 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> In-Reply-To: <20041010030550.GA14377@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 06:19:07PM -0700, Lex Ein wrote: >>"Cygwin Setup - Finish >> >> Create icons >> Have setup create icons for easy access to the Cygwin environment. >> [ ] Create icon on _Desktop >> [ ] Add icon to _Start Menu >> >> Optional tasks - (may take many minutes!) >> [ ] Build database (makewhatis) of man page short descriptions for >> 'whatis' & 'apropos'. >> [ ] Build database (updatedb) of file names for 'locate'. >> >> Display README information at exit. >> [ ] Display /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/ directory of README files. > > > I think that's a very good idea. It would need to be conditional on the > existence of man and, I guess, find, though. In the context of some of the earlier posts in this thread, can I suggest that the wording is a little less daunting to those not familiar with nuix/cygwin. OK, so "Build database (makewhatis) of man page short descriptions for 'whatis' & 'apropos'" may be technically correct, but wouldn't something like this be more "helpful": Optional tasks - (may take many minutes!) [ ] Build help index (used by 'whatis' and 'apropos' commands) [ ] Build file index (used by 'locate' command) R. -- http://robinbowes.com -- 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/