Re: Should mintty's copy-on-select option be on by default?

Greetings, JOHNER Jean 066030! > "Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows". > All the Linux terminals (KDE konsole, Gnome terminal) use copy-on-select > by default. > So ... It's right and useful for streaming terminal (regular command line shell, chat logs), but it is a big headache for

Re: Question on Java and Cygwin

cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com wrote on 07/30/2010 04:43:46 PM: > On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 13:55 -0500, Ernest Mueller wrote: > > We are trying to launch some Java apps from within Cygwin. The problem > > we're having is that then Java file IO operations want to use Windows paths > > and use \ as the defaul

Re: a2ps on Cygwin quietly exits with code 127 on Windows 7

On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 01:51 -0400, Rasputin Paskudniak wrote: > Yaakov, > I have tried compiling 4.14. Here is the last few lines of the make > output, with line numbers to compensate for line-breaks: > > 179 /bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DLOCALEDIR=

Re: Should mintty's copy-on-select option be on by default?

On 29 July 2010 13:02, Andy Koppe wrote: > This is a difference in approach between Windows and X11: in X, the > selection is automatically made available for pasting, whereas in > Windows you need to explicitly copy it to the clipboard using the Copy > menu command or one of its keyboard shortcuts

Re: Question on Java and Cygwin

On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 13:55 -0500, Ernest Mueller wrote: > We are trying to launch some Java apps from within Cygwin. The problem > we're having is that then Java file IO operations want to use Windows paths > and use \ as the default path separator. (This is different from classpath > problems o

Re: Question on Java and Cygwin

On 7/30/2010 2:55 PM, Ernest Mueller wrote: > > We are trying to launch some Java apps from within Cygwin. The problem > we're having is that then Java file IO operations want to use Windows paths > and use \ as the default path separator. (This is different from classpath > problems or using cy

Re: Question on Java and Cygwin

On 7/30/2010 2:16 PM, Ernest Mueller wrote: > Am trying to use Java file.io without shelling out all the time. To use > cygpath you basically have to spawn shells to do any IO commands, which is > not a best practice. http://www.cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR :-) With that out of the way, wh

Re: Question on Java and Cygwin

Am trying to use Java file.io without shelling out all the time. To use cygpath you basically have to spawn shells to do any IO commands, which is not a best practice. E __ UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this IMPORTANT information is ENCOURAGED.

Re: Question on Java and Cygwin

On 7/30/2010 1:55 PM, Ernest Mueller wrote: > > We are trying to launch some Java apps from within Cygwin. The problem > we're having is that then Java file IO operations want to use Windows paths > and use \ as the default path separator. (This is different from classpath > problems or using cy

Question on Java and Cygwin

We are trying to launch some Java apps from within Cygwin. The problem we're having is that then Java file IO operations want to use Windows paths and use \ as the default path separator. (This is different from classpath problems or using cygpath to convert stuff you're passing in on the comman

Re: ash start-up issue

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:27, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <> wrote: > On 7/30/2010 2:15 PM, Steven Collins wrote: >> >> If this is BLODA I'm just plain screwed because it is corporate driven >> and I have no control over it.  This scenario is the biggest reason I >> hate seeing the BLODA response. It seem

Re: ash start-up issue

On 7/30/2010 2:15 PM, Steven Collins wrote: If this is BLODA I'm just plain screwed because it is corporate driven and I have no control over it. This scenario is the biggest reason I hate seeing the BLODA response. It seems to me that it would be good to find ways to get Cygwin to work despite

Re: ash start-up issue

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:08, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <> wrote: > On 7/30/2010 1:36 PM, Steven Collins wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:04, Eric Blake<>  wrote: >>> >>> On 07/30/2010 11:03 AM, Steven Collins wrote: shell also fails. I've tried reinstalling dash from startup.exe, but >

Re: ash start-up issue

On 7/30/2010 1:36 PM, Steven Collins wrote: On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:04, Eric Blake<> wrote: On 07/30/2010 11:03 AM, Steven Collins wrote: shell also fails. I've tried reinstalling dash from startup.exe, but that has had no affect. I would have tried the same for ash, but I don't see what pa

Re: ash start-up issue

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:04, Eric Blake <> wrote: > On 07/30/2010 11:03 AM, Steven Collins wrote: >> shell also fails. I've tried reinstalling dash from startup.exe, but >> that has had no affect. I would have tried the same for ash, but I >> don't see what package is providing it. > > ash and da

Re: ash start-up issue

On 07/30/2010 11:03 AM, Steven Collins wrote: > shell also fails. I've tried reinstalling dash from startup.exe, but > that has had no affect. I would have tried the same for ash, but I > don't see what package is providing it. ash and dash are identical, and both provided by the dash package. If

Re: ash start-up issue

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:47, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <> wrote: > On 7/30/2010 12:37 PM, Steven Collins wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:24, Larry Hall (Cygwin)<>  wrote: >>> >>> On 7/30/2010 12:15 PM, Steven Collins wrote: Is anyone aware of a solution for this issue short of a compl

Re: ash start-up issue

On 7/30/2010 12:37 PM, Steven Collins wrote: On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:24, Larry Hall (Cygwin)<> wrote: On 7/30/2010 12:15 PM, Steven Collins wrote: Is anyone aware of a solution for this issue short of a complete reinstall of cygwin? I really need an answer for this.

Re: ash start-up issue

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:24, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <> wrote: > On 7/30/2010 12:15 PM, Steven Collins wrote: >> >> Is anyone aware of a solution for this issue short of a complete >> reinstall of cygwin? I really need an answer for this. > > .  Thanks. > >

Re: ash start-up issue

@#...@#$@#...@#$@#$! Gmail got me again on the PCYM... At least it was only me this time. I provided the cygcheck.out with the original message. On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:24, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <> wrote: > On 7/30/2010 12:15 PM, Steven Collins wrote: >> >> Is anyone aware of a solution for

Re: ash start-up issue

On 7/30/2010 12:15 PM, Steven Collins wrote: Is anyone aware of a solution for this issue short of a complete reinstall of cygwin? I really need an answer for this. . Thanks. cygcheck output as requested by would be

Re: ash start-up issue

Is anyone aware of a solution for this issue short of a complete reinstall of cygwin? I really need an answer for this. Thanks, Steven On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 14:37, Steven Collins wrote: > I downloaded and extracted the *nix version of tkdiff under my Cygwin > home directory. When I attempt to

Re: mkpasswd (434): [31] A device attached to the system is not functioning.

On 7/30/2010 3:14 AM, Linda Walsh wrote: This is still a problem. /bin> mkpasswd SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18:: LocalService:*:19:544:U-NT AUTHORITY\LocalService,S-1-5-19:: NetworkService:*:20:544:U-NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService,S-1-5-20:: Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: mkpasswd (434): [31

AW: [bulk] - Re: Inconsistent escaping of bash commands (depends on the first command)

Hi all, my problem is similar to the escaping problem I use generate and print print pdf from command line. To print I use the windows gsprint program. printer="-printer XXX\hplj-4700DTN" opts="-all -ghostscript \"c:\\Programme\\gs\\gs8.63\\bin\\gswin32c.exe\"" [1] /cydrive/c/Programme/gs/g