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Re: Setup patch: List command line options on stdout
- From: Dave <d_inabox at yahoo dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:27:20 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: Setup patch: List command line options on stdout
cgf said:
>On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 08:53:41PM +0100, Reini Urban wrote:
>>Christopher Faylor schrieb:
>>>On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 10:10:58AM +0100, Reini Urban wrote:
>>>
>>>Actually, there was a thread about this on the cygwin list not too long
>>>ago.
>>
>>Yep. This suggested a complicated trick. I found an easier one.
>>I just detect if the console title ends with "setup.exe"
>>(case-insensitive). If so it's new and can be hidden.
>>
>>>Applications linked with -mwindows (i.e., GUI apps) can't print to
>>>stdout. How does this actually work, in that case? Is this expecting
>>>to display something on the console?
>>
I expect to see output and do. Have I something wrong... OK, I hadn't configured
the build right... Nope, reconfigured, rebuilt and still see the output. I don't
get it
>>I added a patch to switch to the console subsystem and hide this concole
>>if it was a fresh new console. Otherwise, if called from a console or if
>>called with -h leave the console.
>>
>>Patch see http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=556
>
>I really don't understand why we should stand on our heads to make
>setup.exe a console subsystem program (you don't need to both specify
>-mwindows and -Wl,--subsystem=console, btw) when you can just open up a
>dialog box to display the options, like every other windows program in
>the world.
I'd agree with Chris. If the output isn't visible, then put it in a dialog box
rather than mangle setup.
Hmmm. Just wonderring... Yep. OK. I see the output of stdout when setup is run
from bash. It doesn't appear if running from cmd. That explains it.
Definitely go for a dialog box.
Revised patch attached. Should these be directed exclusively at bugzilla now?
Dave.
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--- main.cc~ 2004-10-25 19:34:32.000000000 +0100
+++ main.cc 2004-11-17 19:21:14.000000000 +0000
@@ -471,7 +471,20 @@
if (HelpOption)
{
- GetOption::GetInstance().ParameterUsage(log(LOG_PLAIN)<<"\nCommand Line Options:\n");
+ ostringstream text(ios_base::out);
+
+ log(LOG_PLAIN) << "\nOutput command line options\n";
+ text << "setup [options]\n\n"
+ << "Cygwin setup installs and maintains cygwin packages\n\n"
+ << "Command Line options:\n";
+ GetOption::GetInstance().ParameterUsage(text);
+
+ ::MessageBox(NULL,
+ text.str().c_str(),
+ "Cygwin Setup",
+ MB_ICONINFORMATION | MB_OK);
+
+ GetOption::GetInstance().ParameterUsage(std::cout);
theLog->exit(0);
}