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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