X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4547D7BE.1090105@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:09:50 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060916 Fedora/1.5.0.7-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.7 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Newbie questions: missing packages / script writing References: <31DDB7BE4BF41D4888D41709C476B657041692AE AT NIHCESMLBX5 DOT nih DOT gov> <3087847e4e DOT admin AT snowstone DOT org DOT uk> <45477B3C DOT 674E3B48 AT dessent DOT net> <2b53907e4e DOT admin AT snowstone DOT org DOT uk> <0df6a27e4e DOT admin AT snowstone DOT org DOT uk> In-Reply-To: <0df6a27e4e.admin@snowstone.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 On 10/31/2006, cygwin wrote: > >> Brian Dessent wrote: > >>> > >> FYI, this question should have been sent to cygwin-xfree (at) > >>> > >> cygwin.com, not here. All X11 topics belong there. > >> > > > >> > > Sorry, I'm at the stage where I don't know enough to know where to > >> > > direct my questions. (I couldn't see a "beginner" mailing list > >> > > anywhere.) > > > > > > If you had read the list of available lists at > > > http://cygwin.com/lists.html, you would have found the correct list. > > I did read that page (amongst my other research), but I guess I'm > missing something obvious - what list is aimed at cygwin "newbies"? The lists are not so much divided up by experience as by topic. Issues concerning X go to the cygwin-xfree list, as Brian mentioned. That's why you were pointed to the lists page. It clearly states what kind of questions are on-topic for each list. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (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/