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Re: Feedback on setup.exe
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- To: "Lawrence W. Smith" <lws at juiceco dot com>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 22:22:47 +1100
- Subject: Re: Feedback on setup.exe
- References: <20011119111358.22E62724@mail.int.juiceco.com>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence W. Smith" <lws@juiceco.com>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 10:11 PM
Subject: Feedback on setup.exe
> Just a short note to point out 2 things:
>
> 1) as newbie friendly as the descriptive package names are as
> the setup dialog box cannot be adjusted in size most of the
> description is invisible (1600 x 1200)
Yes. This is a flaw in the dialog based interface. Patches to make setup
use a single window and allow sizing are welcome.
Until then, try scrolling to the right.
> 2) at the risk of sounding like an old stick in the mud, I preferred
> the shortform names... in conjunction with a fix for (1) could we
> have both shortform names and descriptions or perhaps a toggle
> between the two.
Uhmm the shortform names are the bit preceding the first ":" in the
description. Just use those.
Rob
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