From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: etoffi@softhome.net To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: cygwin idea #2 Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 15:03:00 -0000 Message-id: <20001226225235.19650.qmail@softhome.net> References: X-SW-Source: 2000-12/msg01120.html Avraham H. Fraenkel writes: > > 1) I think it is OK, but environment set in a shell must overwrite everything > in registry. > One can look at the registry as a environment variable set by the CDE > environment at startup. > 2) But cygwin is 'Unix' like - why not to use some default file for it. > it is more 'UNIX' like to use files instead of registry. > > Avraham > --------------------------------------- > email : avraham.fraenkel@comMATCH.com > URL : www.comMATCH.com > --------------------------------------- > > On Mon, 25 Dec 2000 etoffi@softhome.net wrote: > > > > > ============================ > > i d e a n u m b e r t w o > > ============================ > > > > this is my second original cygwin idea. > > > > ** > > on windows 9x, cygwin should attempt to read environment vaiables from the > > registry. > > ** > > > > short and sweet. > > > > -- > > etoffi > > > > -- too bad i didnt really think about this too much. i was really intendind this only for windows 9x, since thoses OSes dont have the same ability to set the env. from a dialog like nt. but, (i think) nt actually only checks this at login. what i really wanted to do was allow 95, etc to read variables that i could change after bootup (ie without autoexec.bat) about .profile: doesnt that only work when starting from a shell? (or particularly bash?) i usually start cygwin programs like normal windows programs (from a .bat file, or direct invocation -- double click, etc). about order: the order is actually quite interesting. can anyone explain how nt checks? or are there any other suggestions? about volunteering: i was actually willing to write this myself, being that it is so simple... -- etoffi -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple