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Docu fixes
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: Docu fixes
- From: "Axel Boldt" <Axel dot Boldt at metrostate dot edu>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 21:31:11 -0500
Hello,
thanks everybody for this wonderful new toy. Everything works fine for me,
but I encountered a couple of minor bugs/omissions in the docs, and here they are.
I'm running 4.1.0 on Win98 and am looking at the FAQ at http://xfree86.cygwin.com/faq.html,
the user's guide at http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/howto/cygwin-xfree-ug.html and
the README at ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/cygwin/xfree/Readme
* The "out of environment space" fix with
shell=C:\command.com /e:4096 /p
should be mentioned in the installation section of the User's guide.
* The download list in the user manual should list the doc and man packages as optional.
* The XWin man page does not explain the syntax of the -screen option correctly: we need
-screen number WidthxHeightxColordepth. It's correct in the user's guide.
* The "invalid switch - /B" issue in startxwin.bat should be mentioned somewhere (Win 98 doesn't
allow that switch). Workaround: either remove /B and live with lots of window clutter, or
edit starxwin.sh and start your X server with a batch file containing the line
bash \cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\starxwin.sh
and add \cygwin\bin and \cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin to your PATH variable in autoexec.bat
* Installation and use of vtwm should be explained somewhere.
* starxwin.sh shouldn't use vtwm by default.
* Chapter 3 of the user's manual should make clear that you have to edit the XWin line in the
startxwin.bat script. The alternative starxwin.sh should be mentioned.
* If startxwin.bat gives an error message (for instance because of a faulty -screen option to XWin),
the error message and options scroll by too rapidly and there is no way to retrieve them. Some
workaround should be explained.
* Most horrible of all: xeyes seems to be broken.
Again, thank you all very much for your hard work.
Cheers,
Axel