Possible Documentation Inconsistency
Larry Hall (Cygwin)
reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com
Thu Mar 11 17:20:00 GMT 2010
On 3/11/2010 5:20 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Mar 10 22:17, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:
>> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-effectively.html#using-shortcuts
>>
>> By default, Cygwin uses a mechanism that creates symbolic links that are
>> compatible with standard Microsoft .lnk files.
>>
>> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html#cygwinenv-implemented-options
>>
>> (no)winsymlinks ... Defaults to not set since plain file symlinks are
>> faster to write and faster to read.
>
> Thanks for the heads-up. Somehow the text doesn't fit well anymore.
> Is that better?
>
> Another problem area is between Unix-style links, which link one file
> to another, and Microsoft .lnk files, which provide a shortcut to a
> file. They seem similar at first glance but, in reality, are fairly
> different. By default, Cygwin does not create symlinks as .lnk files,
> but there's an option to do that, see<xref: CYGWIN environment variable>
> These symlink .lnk files are compatible with Windows-created .lnk files,
> but they are still different. They do not include much of the information
> that is available in a standard Microsoft shortcut, such as the working
> directory, an icon, etc. The cygutils package includes a mkshortcut
> utility for creating standard native Microsoft .lnk files.
>
> But here's the problem. If Cygwin handled these native shortcuts like any
> other symlink, [...]
>
> I'm open for suggestions to phrase that more eloquently.
Looks good to me.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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