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Re: Bug in startxwin.bat after installing with setup.exe in win98SE


--- Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu> wrote:
> Better hold off on that patch, Nicholas -- it's opposite of the 
> direction Robert wants to go.  Setup should be , itself, as generic as 
> possible, and all actions driven by external data.
> 
> (granted, I haven't been reading this thread, so I might've missed 
> something...like discussion of the mkshortcut tool in cygutils...)
> 
> 
> Nicholas Wourms wrote:
> 
> > --- Jehan <nahor@bravobrava.com> wrote:
> > 
> >>I forgot to attach the "X.ico" file. It's not the best in the world
> but 
> >>I guess it will do (it's the same I sent you with the systray patch a 
> >>while ago). It is to be installed in /usr/X11R6/bin (or you have to 
> >>modify the script)
> >>	
> >>	Jehan
> >>
> >>
> > 
> >>ATTACHMENT part 2 image/x-icon name=X.ico
> >>
> > 
> > Jehan,
> > 
> > If you search the archives, others have already made icons ready for
> you
> > use :).  Meanwhile, I've been thinking about this and looking at the
> > setup.exe code.  If no-one minds, I'm going to generate and submit a
> patch
> > that has setup.exe do all the shortcut stuff.  Though your bat file is
> > still useful.  I wonder why not just can all the dos stuff by having
> the
> > batch file call bash which then calls startxwin.sh?  One file is
> *much*
> > easier to maintain then two.  Anywho, let me know your thoughts on
> this..
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Nicholas
> > 
> > P.S. - Robert that goes for you too...

Chuck,

For crying out loud, 95% of the installers out there create shortcuts for
the user in the startmenu and on the desktop.  Why is this such a bad
thing for setup.exe to do?  What does external data have to do with the
price of potatos?  Seriously, I'm proposing a "simple" solution which is
the norm for most installers.  Where have I gone astray?

Cheers,
Nicholas


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