rfe: seamless windows integration

Christopher Faylor cgf@redhat.com
Wed Aug 6 03:17:00 GMT 2003


On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 07:46:43PM -0400, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
>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.
>
>This is icing on the cake.  This is the kind of thing that Microsoft 
>hires 500 college interns to write in the summer because it takes a hell 
>of a lot of time and attention to detail to get it 'right', whereas the 
>overall benefit is very small in comparison.
>
>Furthermore, this requires interacting with the Cygwin setup developers. 
> You think I am mean?

The setup developers aren't all that mean, actually.  But, then neither
are you.

However, I don't see why this would require any setup changes.  A
postinstall script should be able to set up icons, etc.  I can't decide
if the thought of a folder filled with scores of icons for X programs is
intriguing or frightening, though.

cgf



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