Re: Bug in startxwin.bat after installing with setup.exe in win98SE

[Nicholas Wourms <nwourms at yahoo dot com>]

--- Jehan Bing <jehan@bravobrava.com> wrote:
> Nicholas Wourms wrote:
> 
> >Excuse me?  All I was suggesting is to reword the final setup screen to
> >something like the following:
> >
> >-Create Icon on Desktop for Cygwin Command Prompt
> >-Create Icon on Desktop for Cygwin/XFree86
> >-Add Icon to Start Menu for Cygwin Command Prompt
> >-Add Icon to Start Menu for Cygwin/XFree86
> >
> >Then have setup create the shortcuts in the same fasion it does
> already. 
> >Eventually, I'd like to have it gray-out the check boxes for
> >Cygwin/XFree86 if it is not already installed.  How is this not data
> >driven?  Isn't this what the setup program is for?  The last time I
> >checked, most Windows installers handled the shortcut creation.
> >
> 
> Robert is right Nicholas (oh no not this guy again! :p). The question is
> 
> why add XFree to the list and not SSH and RSH, and Lynx, and, and,
> and....
> And since we can create the shortcuts via the postinstall script, why do
> 
> you want to add this feature to setup.exe?
> The script is not very cool looking, I give you that, but it's far more 
> flexible.
> 

No he isn't.  There are two ways that someone will interface with Cygwin,
via Console or via X11.  The other apps you mention are Console apps,
therefore you can't expect them to have shortcuts.  However X is much more
than an Application, it is an interface.  Therefore, one can argue that it
deserves setup.exe making it a shortcut just as much as setup.exe making
the console a shortcut.  Lastly, something you will not disagree with,
ALOT of people want to use just X and not the console, especially for
doing XDMCP.  This is even more reason why setup.exe should make the
shortcut.

Cheers,
Nicholas

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