From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 40960 invoked by alias); 13 Jan 2017 17:02:19 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 40944 invoked by uid 89); 13 Jan 2017 17:02:18 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=Gratz, gratz, Hoenicka, suffices X-HELO: mail-vk0-f49.google.com Received: from mail-vk0-f49.google.com (HELO mail-vk0-f49.google.com) (209.85.213.49) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 13 Jan 2017 17:02:08 +0000 Received: by mail-vk0-f49.google.com with SMTP id x75so37255647vke.2 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2017 09:02:08 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=I35i1rc265T5o+k173acEEesdX2SQKo7Oic66pSW2CU=; b=eGl+jSJzIUH1Q4XdnvKMqJ/TuDP0NHM+MA4UoX4bfsrDbtilFz5Z38vsWsBVW9ELbv g07iNfQ0oYeJh/Z4aV+Gfo8b3J4Xd6FFW3B+Io/ER+MKz6QX2Pg0itQ5Qfx5pbjG2WmZ +QvuD+HdmZKueI/z8BhQjM5/BDxzxLCyrOKMIqya0MoO2VkrylerGIQXf4U8DWDxNvXt MhFrhNTuMEZ4EhstdHCfKR2C6aDbJkKI0NPyDjE/ouyvV0hOyMKIiiSn1KsDSd5kdd6U LufomjjWxgrjbA6B/ktb8sZw8nCMHH4fudEsJv0kAmrIohW6ABWjYp9IJRwvC4UJhKiH trGg== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXIjTv08HdnCU3h4ZYu3z4QqJWse0d7flKqBC8dG1C9AxVS5fLtuswFxPsWmQ6Xh4dlAjkK0PzsVQzvGww== X-Received: by 10.31.125.138 with SMTP id y132mr9755213vkc.1.1484326926665; Fri, 13 Jan 2017 09:02:06 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.176.0.42 with HTTP; Fri, 13 Jan 2017 09:02:06 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4e32ca3c-ff94-70e8-3570-ae8d82bb8a7a@gmail.com> <87d1frdkub.fsf@Rainer.invalid> From: Brian Mathis Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 17:02:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Installer request: Remember state of final checkboxes between runs To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2017-01/txt/msg00148.txt.bz2 Thanks for the information, which I did not know about. However, Achim is correct, and this should be implemented on principle, even if there's a bad workaround. When one is working with and providing programs for a GUI-based environment, the program should act as expected as a *GUI*, and not require someone to change contexts to a command-line just to get an obvious feature. The cygwin environment is command-line-based, but the installer is GUI-based, and should function as such. On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Markus Hoenicka wrote: > At 2017-01-13 16:46, Achim Gratz was heard to say: >> >> Marco Atzeri writes: >>> >>> On 13/01/2017 16:14, Brian Mathis wrote: >>>> >>>> The installer should remember that this option was declined and >>>> default the checkbox to that state on the next run. >>>> >>> >>> there are some options available for this >>> >>> -N --no-startmenu Disable creation of start menu >>> shortcut >>> -d --no-desktop Disable creation of desktop shortcut >> >> >> I would imagine that the OP just double clicks the installer icon, so no >> options are in effect. >> >> > > I would imagine that a little Windows knowledge suffices to add those > options to the command represented by the icon. > > regards, > Markus -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple