RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New: gimp-2.8.14-2

2015-10-16 Thread Doug Lewan
I tried Evolution, but it wasn't obvious how to get it going and I wasn't patient. It also loaded lots of extra stuff, including gamin which runs gam_server (IIRC) like a service. It was eating CPU on occasion, and I couldn't figure out how to stop it, and that made updating CYGWIN difficult if

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New: gimp-2.8.14-2

2015-10-16 Thread Doug Lewan
Whoo hoo! In the world of windows I use only Outlook (frequently) and The Gimp (occasionally). Having The Gimp under CYGWIN remove all the tiny bits of clumsiness that I have now. Thanks. (Now to go to work on Outlook.) -- ,Doug Douglas Lewan Shubert Ticketing (201) 994-4335 Nonfirstorderiza

Does gam_server have to run?

2015-09-15 Thread Doug Lewan
All, On my last cygwin update I noticed that I have /usr/libexec/gam_server.exe running. I learned this because the install script could not kill it (and neither could I!). It was using about 1 sec/sec of CPU. With a little investigation I learned that it's part of GNOME's "file alternation

RE: Possible resource leak

2014-12-09 Thread Doug Lewan
Petr, You write: > -Original Message- > Subject: Possible resource leak > > I'm dealing with possible resource leak in cygwin on Windows-7. I'm > running a script which repeatedly calls another script (every 5 > seconds). After a while script ends with memory error. All my memory > seems

RE: HEADSUP to Emacs users

2014-10-13 Thread Doug Lewan
> -Original Message- > From: ... On > Behalf Of Ken Brown > Sent: Saturday, 2014 October 11 13:37 > To: cygwin > Subject: HEADSUP to Emacs users > > In a continuing effort to track down the cause of the mysterious > crashes > that some Emacs users have reported, I'm now wondering if these

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: emacs-24.3.93-3 [TEST]

2014-09-22 Thread Doug Lewan
> -Original Message- > On > Behalf Of Ken Brown > Sent: Monday, 2014 September 22 13:11 > Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: emacs-24.3.93-3 [TEST] > > On 9/22/2014 10:21 AM, Doug Lewan wrote: > > The announcement below (re: pretest of emacs 24.4)

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: emacs-24.3.93-3 [TEST]

2014-09-22 Thread Doug Lewan
The announcement below (re: pretest of emacs 24.4) is starting to confuse me. When I run cygcheck -c emacs emacs-X11 emacs-w32 emacs-el I get Cygwin Package Information Package VersionStatus emacs24.3.93-1 OK emacs-el 24.3.

RE: Has Lucida Console disappeared?

2014-05-12 Thread Doug Lewan
Ken, Yet another reasonable element in the picture. Thanks! ,Douglas Douglas Lewan Shubert Ticketing (201) 489-8600 ext 224 LISP: The most intelligent way to misuse a computer. > -Original Message- > On > Behalf Of Ken Brown > Sent: Monday, 2014 May 12 14:12 > Subject: Re: Has Lucida C

RE: Has Lucida Console disappeared?

2014-05-12 Thread Doug Lewan
Monday, 2014 May 12 12:39 > To: Cygwin-L > Subject: Re: Has Lucida Console disappeared? > > On 5/12/2014 08:37, Doug Lewan wrote: > > > > Since updating Cygwin on Friday I (i.e. emacs, etc.) don't find the > > Lucida Console fonts. > > > > As far as I

Core dump in emacs 24.3 on CYGWIN

2014-02-27 Thread Doug Lewan
All, for several months I've been getting core dumps from emacs 24.3 running under CYGWIN. I try to update CYGWIN every week, but occasionally a week must be skipped. Today is the first day I've gotten any specific information about any of these core dumps. (Usually it's just "Aborted (core dum