Documentation patches

Documentation patches

[Ken Brown]

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The attached patches address some of the documentation problems mentioned in

   http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-12/msg00277.html .

I think the other problems have already been fixed in CVS.

Ken

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--- faq-using.xml.orig	2011-12-08 16:42:26.000000000 -0500
+++ faq-using.xml	2011-12-12 16:40:59.381579400 -0500
@@ -939,16 +939,6 @@
 </para>
 </answer></qandaentry>
 
-<qandaentry id="faq.using.console-window">
-<question><para>Is there a better alternative to the standard console window?</para></question>
-<answer>
-
-<para>Yes!  Use <command>mintty</command> instead.  <command>mintty</command> is an optional packages in
-Cygwin Setup.  <command>mintty</command> is a Cygwin application providing a native GUI without
-the need of X11.
-</para>
-</answer></qandaentry>
-
 <qandaentry id="faq.using.symlinkstoppedworking">
 <question><para>Why do some of my old symlinks don't work anymore?</para></question>
 <answer>

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--- new-features.sgml.orig	2011-12-08 16:42:26.000000000 -0500
+++ new-features.sgml	2011-12-12 16:34:16.077511700 -0500
@@ -497,14 +497,8 @@
 having a valid representation of their filename in the current character
 set.  To always have a valid string, use the UTF-8 charset by
 setting the environment variable $LANG, $LC_ALL, or $LC_CTYPE to a valid
-POSIX value, for instance in Cygwin.bat like this:
-</para>
-
-<screen>
-set LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
-</screen>
-
-</listitem>
+POSIX value, such as "en_US.UTF-8".
+</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>
 PATH_MAX is now 4096.  Internally, path names can be as long as the

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--- setup-net.sgml.orig	2011-08-04 15:11:43.000000000 -0400
+++ setup-net.sgml	2011-12-12 16:06:51.929471800 -0500
@@ -223,13 +223,12 @@
 </para>
 </sect2>
 
-<sect2 id="setup-icons"><title>Icons</title>
+<sect2 id="setup-icons"><title>Shortcuts</title>
 <para>
-You may choose to install shortcuts on the Desktop and/or Start Menu
-to start a <literal>bash</literal> shell. If you prefer to use a different
-shell or terminal emulator such as <literal>mintty</literal> or
-<literal>xterm</literal>, you can use these shortcuts as a guide to
-creating your own. 
+You may choose to install "Cygwin Terminal" shortcuts on the Desktop
+and/or Start Menu.  These shortcuts run <command>mintty</command>,
+which will start your default shell as specified
+in <filename>/etc/passwd</filename>.
 </para>
 </sect2>
 


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Re: Documentation patches (gold star)

[Christopher Faylor]

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 04:57:10PM -0500, Ken Brown wrote:
>The attached patches address some of the documentation problems mentioned in
>
>   http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-12/msg00277.html .
>
>I think the other problems have already been fixed in CVS.

Patch applied along with a ChangeLog.

Thanks very much for being proactive about this.  It's much appreciated.

Gold star please?

cgf

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Re: Documentation patches (gold star)

[Andrew Schulman]

> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 04:57:10PM -0500, Ken Brown wrote:
> >The attached patches address some of the documentation problems mentioned in
> >
> >   http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-12/msg00277.html .
> >
> >I think the other problems have already been fixed in CVS.
> 
> Patch applied along with a ChangeLog.
> 
> Thanks very much for being proactive about this.  It's much appreciated.
> 
> Gold star please?

Awarded: http://cygwin.com/goldstars/#KB .


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