suggestions for cygwin developers

Chris January chris@atomice.net
Thu Jul 28 10:48:00 GMT 2005


Alex Goldman wrote:
> When Cygwin gets set up, it would be more user-friendly if it placed
> two icons on the desktop:
> one should start maximized Rxvt; another should start X with a couple
> of xterms or whatever.
> First-time users might think that the MS-DOS terminal is as good as it
> gets, and this is not good for Cygwin. Others still have to figure out
> how to start Rxvt automatically and how to configure it to look
> pretty.
> 
> Also, it would be neat to be able to keep Cygwin up-to-date automatically.

How about a prompt when a new Cygwin DLL version is available:

A new version of Cygwin is available. Run setup to install the latest 
version.

This could be included as part of the /etc/profile or something.

Chris

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