rfe: seamless windows integration
Harold L Hunt II
huntharo@msu.edu
Tue Aug 5 02:37:00 GMT 2003
Jack,
Thanks. Let me tell you, we already have a laundry list of dream
features. We just need people to start working on them.
Harold
Jack Tanner wrote:
> This is a pipe dream, but it's a pipe dream worth striving for.
>
> 1. X should run as a service. There's no reason for it to run as a
> user-launched app.
>
> 2. All X client application on one's machine should have shortcuts
> associated with them in the start menu, and these shortcuts should be
> created automatically during installation.
>
> 3. Exiting X (e.g., by stopping the service) should list all cygwin
> processes that were launched under X and prompt the user to terminate
> them. For example, an ssh-agent launched from an xterm should be killed
> automatically.
>
> I know there are ways of approximating these behaviors now; I'm just
> suggesting that these be built in.
>
> -JT
>
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