Re: Printing locally.

2002-03-03 Thread Brian Salter-Duke
On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 11:40:47PM -0500, David Means wrote: > I don't have my cygwin machine handy, so I've got to ask: > > how about this: > > cat a.txt > /cygdrive/c/WINNT/lpt1 > > that's probably not the ultimate solution, but does it work? No. It reports nothing and does nothing. There is

ICEWM Window manager for cygwin XFree86

2002-03-03 Thread Mike Hoare
Hi there, I have managed to get Cygwin to work, but am stuck with the default window manager for XFree86 (twm). I have downloaded icewm 1.0.9-2 via the link on xfree86.cygwin.com. Whilst it apperars to be installed and I have replaced all refferences to twm with icewm, the default is all I get wh

RE: "start" for Cygwin

2002-03-03 Thread Dr. Carsten Bormann
So just call it differently. It would be nice if this could replace my little shell script "st": #!/bin/bash for i do start "$(cygpath -w "$i")" done (start being /c/Windows/command/start.exe) Gruesse, Carsten -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug rep

RE: Is the Cygwin 1.3.2 DLL Win 2000 compatible?

2002-03-03 Thread David Starks-Browning
On Friday 1 Mar 02, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) writes: > Perhaps. It's an esoteric one. The original poster of this question wanted > to know if Cygwin 1.3.2 would work with Win2000. I replied with the FAQ > entry that says Cygwin works with 9x/Me/NT/W2K/XP. The reply I got back > from t

RE: "start" for Cygwin

2002-03-03 Thread David Starks-Browning
On Saturday 2 Mar 02, Stephan Mueller writes: > Note though, that on Win9x, start is a standalone file (I forget if it's > start.exe or start.com) on the path. > Cygwin still supports 9x, so fears about consternation in some quarters > still apply (it's just that they're different quarters than Ch

Re: Printing locally

2002-03-03 Thread fergus at bonhard dot uklinux dot net
What about this? Any good? If the file a.txt is DOS terminated, try cp a.txt prn OR cat a.txt > prn and if a.txt is Unix-terminated, try cat a.txt | unix2dos > prn Fergus -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.

RE: "start" for Cygwin

2002-03-03 Thread Robert Collins
I think cygstart or something like that will eliminate the potiential for touble. Rob > -Original Message- > From: David Starks-Browning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 8:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: "start" for Cygwin > > > On Saturday 2 Mar

RE: "start" for Cygwin

2002-03-03 Thread David Starks-Browning
On Sunday 3 Mar 02, Robert Collins writes: > I think cygstart or something like that will eliminate the potiential > for touble. Indeed, that would solve it! David -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentatio

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Re: "start" for Cygwin

2002-03-03 Thread Michael Schaap
At 06:16 3-3-2002, Charles Wilson wrote: >Michael Schaap wrote: > >Hmmm...how does this differ from the "run" utility here: > >http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/unversioned/run/ > >It may be entirely different; I'm not sure. Certainly they were written >for different purposes.

RE: "start" for Cygwin

2002-03-03 Thread Michael Schaap
At 09:45 3-3-2002, Dr. Carsten Bormann wrote: >So just call it differently. > >It would be nice if this could replace my little shell script "st": > >#!/bin/bash >for i >do > start "$(cygpath -w "$i")" >done > >(start being /c/Windows/command/start.exe) It would. (Only, your "st" script

RE: "start" for Cygwin

2002-03-03 Thread Michael Schaap
At 12:58 3-3-2002, David Starks-Browning wrote: >On Sunday 3 Mar 02, Robert Collins writes: > > I think cygstart or something like that will eliminate the potiential > > for touble. > >Indeed, that would solve it! It would. I have mixed feelings about this, though. On the one hand, calling it "

Re: fetchmail 5.9.8 and maildrop 1.3.7

2002-03-03 Thread Rui Carmo
Jason, On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 09:47:19PM -0500, Jason Tishler wrote: > Rui, > > > I was under the impression that recv() bugs had been twiddled in > > 1.3.10... Or did the changes in recv() not address MSG_PEEK? > > Hmm, I will look into this. It would be great if my patch just became > obsol

setup.exe (cinstall) bugfixes + minor new feature

2002-03-03 Thread Max Bowsher
I've been working with the setup code, and have discovered some bugs in the current (just updated) CVS version. I'm posting a patch here for comments, whilst I join cygwin-patches, and study the Contributing instructions. The patch does the following: BugFix: io_stream::mkpath_p(isadir, path) m

w32api bugfix (was: Currently, CVS setup.exe does not compile, due to warnings with 'warnings as errors' in effect. How best to change code to avoid warnings?)

2002-03-03 Thread Max Bowsher
> Hmm, does C++ support the same feature? If not then an ifdef __cplusplus > might do it. > Rob Unfortunately not - the problem is the differing interpretation of the line 'typedef int (WINAPI *FARPROC)();' in 3 sets of circumstances: 1) C++ 'int proc();' and 'int proc(void);' are synon

Re: "start" for Cygwin

2002-03-03 Thread Max Bowsher
I think there was a start.exe in Win9x/Me (i.e. it was not a command.com builtin), but my Win9x days are mercifully over, so I can't say for sure. Nevertheless, a cygutils start could be a useful scripting tool. > Ah -- and that explains why one previously had to do "cmd /c start foo" > from a b

terminal emulation problem

2002-03-03 Thread Phil Smith
Has anyone executed the FTP command client and issued the shell escape '!' recently ? This worked fine in 1.3.3 but in the updates (including 1.3.10), there are garbage characters displayed by the bash shell, and after any command. There seems to be some change in the terminal settings. This is b

RE: setup.exe (cinstall) bugfixes + minor new feature

2002-03-03 Thread Robert Collins
Thanks Max. > -Original Message- > From: Max Bowsher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 4:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: setup.exe (cinstall) bugfixes + minor new feature > > > I've been working with the setup code, and have discovered > some bugs in t

RE: w32api bugfix (was: Currently, CVS setup.exe does not compile, due to warnings with 'warnings as errors' in effect. How best to change code to avoid warnings?)

2002-03-03 Thread Robert Collins
> -Original Message- > From: Max Bowsher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 9:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: w32api bugfix (was: Currently, CVS setup.exe does > not compile, due to warnings with 'warnings as errors' in > effect. How best to change code

bash in Explorer Context menu (like "DOS here")

2002-03-03 Thread Hans Horn
Hi there, I'd like to know whether it is possible to have the abitlity to open a bash shell from a folder's context menu in Windows Explorer (like the MS powertool 'doshere')? thx INF, hans -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.

missed one...

2002-03-03 Thread Phil Smith
The news group is: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=alt.baldspot -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: missed one...

2002-03-03 Thread Phil Smith
Sorry. I selected newgroup post instead of new mail in OE ! "Phil Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:a5u69h$phr$[EMAIL PROTECTED].; > The news group is: > > http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=alt.baldspot > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubsc

Re: terminal emulation problem

2002-03-03 Thread Randall R Schulz
Phil, I cannot confirm what you say using BASH under either a Windows console or RXVT. Everything seems to work as expected. Tell us more about your shell / emulator configuration, what you're doing and the specific unwanted characters that appear. By the way, is your $SHELL setting consisten

RE: "start" for Cygwin

2002-03-03 Thread Dr. Carsten Bormann
> I see that you are using Windos 9x/ME. Have you tried my "start", and if > so, is it working? I believe it is _supposed_ to work under Win9x, but > we'd better make sure before this is included in cygutils... Will do the next time I have time to kill (i.e., not too soon). Gruesse, Carsten

Re: "start" for Cygwin

2002-03-03 Thread Scott Evans
Michael Schaap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I've written a little "start" utility, which is similar to "cmd /c > start", only better. Just tried it under Win98SE -- looks like it works great. I'm all for adding this to cygutils (but I definitely think "cygstart" is a smarter name choice

adding a new program to cygwin?

2002-03-03 Thread Thomas Dettbarn
hello! i have written a small game, and it would be a great honour for me to see it as an official package bundled with cygwin. the game's name is nInvaders, its homepage is http://dettus.dyndns.org/ninvaders.; check it out, it only needs ncurses to run. -- __ ___

Re: adding a new program to cygwin?

2002-03-03 Thread Hack Kampbjørn
Thomas Dettbarn wrote: > > hello! > > i have written a small game, and it would be a great honour for me to see it > as an official package bundled with cygwin. the game's name is nInvaders, its > homepage is http://dettus.dyndns.org/ninvaders. check it out, it only needs > ncurses to run. If y

long delays on fhandler_base::open with cygwin 1.3.10

2002-03-03 Thread Chris January
I'm using Cygwin 1.3.10 DLL and I occasionally get long delays (>2s !) when fhandler_base::open is called on a disk file. This occurs sporadically and is not dependant on the file being opened. I've included a little strace snippet below. Just look how long fhandler_base::open takes to return! No

Re: Printing locally

2002-03-03 Thread Brian Salter-Duke
On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 10:49:53AM -, fergus at bonhard dot uklinux dot net wrote: > What about this? Any good? > If the file a.txt is DOS terminated, try > cp a.txt prn > OR > cat a.txt > prn > and if a.txt is Unix-terminated, try > cat a.txt | unix2dos > prn > Fergus This was a

Re: long delays on fhandler_base::open with cygwin 1.3.10

2002-03-03 Thread Randall R Schulz
Chris, Are you sure that this is a Cygwin issue? My system exhibits pauses like this and they affect many, possibly all, executing programs. I have noticed nothing that suggests this is a Cygwin issue, though I must admit, I have a Cygwin BASH running at all times. I know only the symptom: To

RE: Strange behavior

2002-03-03 Thread Ross Smith
> From: Chuck Allison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > I have a simple Rational number class and have discovered > weird behavior > with Cygwin's g++. If you look at the very short main program in file > rtest2.cpp, you will see by the output that g++ get's the > wrong answer for > > r1 / r2 ==

RE: Strange behavior

2002-03-03 Thread Randall R Schulz
Ross, To call that result "pure luck" denies the fact that digital computers, when properly functioning, are 100% deterministic. Of course, it's not proper floating-point programming, but that doesn't mean "luck" is involved. Randall Schulz Mountain View, CA USA At 18:04 2002-03-03, Ross Sm

Re: More security issues

2002-03-03 Thread Pierre A. Humblet
At 11:19 PM 2/23/2002 +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> I am still looking at that. On 2001-10-31 you added RevertToSelf() in >> dtable.cc (dtable::vfork_child_dup). Do you remember why? > >Yes! It's very important. Without that RevertToSelf(), the >process has no access to it's own open socket

Re: Strange behavior

2002-03-03 Thread Richard R. Malloy
OK. I'm no IA32 expert can someone explain the following results. (Do the floating point registers use guard bits, randomly initialized perhaps?) bool operator==(const Rational& r1, const Rational& r2) { double a=r1.toDouble(), b=r2.toDouble(); cout << ?== a " << a << " " << ?== b " << b <<

Re: Strange behavior

2002-03-03 Thread Chuck Allison
That's the point. They're always redued, so in both cases, the expression 2.0/3.0 is evaluated. How can that be non-deterministic? - Original Message - From: "Richard R. Malloy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Randall R Schulz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Ross Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Chuck Al

IA64

2002-03-03 Thread Edward Lam
Hi, Has anyone ported cygwin to the IA64 yet? Thanks, -Edward (Please cc my e-mail as I won't be able to regular check messages here) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.co

RE: Strange behavior

2002-03-03 Thread Robert Collins
Floating point comparisons should _always_ be done via a confidence interval, not bitwise equality. As for determinism, I don't know what the logic circuits look like, so can't and won't comment :}. Rob > -Original Message- > From: Chuck Allison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Mond

RE: Strange behavior

2002-03-03 Thread Gareth Pearce
>Floating point comparisons should _always_ be done via a confidence >interval, not bitwise equality. As for determinism, I don't know what >the logic circuits look like, so can't and won't comment :}. > >Rob confidence intervals are indeed the only way... but as to determinism ... its a functi

nondeterministic results of uname -n

2002-03-03 Thread John A. Turner
I want to make it clear that I'm neither complaining nor asking for a change - just reporting something I've noticed in case it's of interest to anyone basically, the nodename reported by uname is sometimes uppercase, sometimes lowercase - i.e. on my laptop sometimes I see: CYGWIN_NT-5.0 ubik 1.

Re: bash in Explorer Context menu (like "DOS here")

2002-03-03 Thread Bjoern Kahl AG Resy
Hallo ! On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Hans Horn wrote: > I'd like to know whether it is possible to have the abitlity to open a bash > shell from a folder's context menu in Windows Explorer (like the MS > powertool 'doshere')? Yes, I have a skript (*.bat & *.sh) that does this. If used via "send to" o