From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15657 invoked by alias); 14 Oct 2014 19:35:19 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 15641 invoked by uid 89); 14 Oct 2014 19:35:19 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: out4-smtp.messagingengine.com Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com (HELO out4-smtp.messagingengine.com) (66.111.4.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:35:17 +0000 Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by gateway2.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D6DC20A1B for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:35:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2 ([10.202.2.161]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:35:14 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.102] (unknown [86.174.34.63]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 6EC7868009F; Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:35:13 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <543D7AED.3070507@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:35:00 -0000 From: Jon TURNEY Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com, furriner67@hotmail.com Subject: Re: FW: Cygwin start menu / =?UTF-8?B?bWlycm9yc+KAjw==?= References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2014-10/txt/msg00038.txt.bz2 On 08/10/2014 23:40, t s wrote: >> On 04/10/2014 18:16, t s wrote: >>> first of all, regarding the Cygwin setup program; the options are >>> install / re-install / un-install / default >>> >>> is it correct that to install only the latest updates, I would choose >>> the option 'default' ? >> >> I'm not sure what text you are looking at. >> >> The options for an individual package which is already installed are >> 'reinstall', 'uninstall', 'keep' and specific versions other than the >> currently installed one (if any). >> >> I can't see "default" anywhere. >> >> If you mean the default version, then yes, when "curr" is selected at >> the top, all packages which have updates, will be updated. > > The current version of the setup program, 2.850 (64 bit), on the "select packages" screen, features a "default" option. > > Please see; http://cpm86.com/default.jpg > > The four options are; Install; Reinstall; Uninstall; Default > > I just want to be sure; to install only the latest updates, I would choose 'Default' ? Oh yes, on the category view, you have that option next to each category, which does what you expect. > I have a further question. Choosing menu item "Cygwin-X / X Win > Server" boots X windows. If you right click on the 'X' icon in the > lower right side of the screen, it features applications xterm / > emacs / notepad / xload. > > Is it possible to tailor the list of applications referenced above? > to include say xclock, xeyes Yes. See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/configure-cygwin-xwinrc.html > And yet another question; I note the presence of a number of files in > \usr\bin which start with 'gnome'. Does Cygwin/x feature gnome or kde > as user interfaces? or does it only allow compilation of apps which > use features of those interfaces? I don't think KDE or GNOME desktop environments are available. -- Jon TURNEY Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/