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

[Nicholas Wourms <nwourms at yahoo dot com>]

--- Robert Collins <robert.collins@syncretize.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com 
> > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Nicholas Wourms
> > Sent: Sunday, 14 July 2002 10:13 AM
> > To: Jehan; cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > Subject: Re: Bug in startxwin.bat after installing with 
> > setup.exe in win98SE
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- Jehan <nahor@bravobrava.com> wrote:
> > > I forgot to attach the "X.ico" file. It's not the best in 
> > the world but 
> > > I guess it will do (it's the same I sent you with the 
> > systray patch a 
> > > while ago). It is to be installed in /usr/X11R6/bin (or you have to 
> > > modify the script)
> > > 	
> > > 	Jehan
> > > 
> > 
> > > ATTACHMENT part 2 image/x-icon name=X.ico
> > 
> > Jehan,
> > 
> > If you search the archives, others have already made icons 
> > ready for you
> > use :).  Meanwhile, I've been thinking about this and looking at the
> > setup.exe code.  If no-one minds, I'm going to generate and 
> > submit a patch
> > that has setup.exe do all the shortcut stuff.  Though your bat file is
> > still useful.  I wonder why not just can all the dos stuff by 
> > having the
> > batch file call bash which then calls startxwin.sh?  One file 
> > is *much*
> > easier to maintain then two.  Anywho, let me know your 
> > thoughts on this..
> 
> I mind. Setup should become -more- data driven not less. 
> 

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.

Cheers,
Nicholas

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