On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 10:10:58AM +0100, Reini Urban wrote:
Dave schrieb:
Here's a simple and useful patch for setup. Might reduce queries about unattended installs, and save people having to resort to source.
Patch is against CVS (as of yesterday). Modify the leader text as you see fit :)
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--- main.cc~ 2004-10-25 19:34:32.000000000 +0100 +++ main.cc 2004-11-16 19:21:14.000000000 +0000 @@ -471,7 +471,11 @@
if (HelpOption)
{
- GetOption::GetInstance().ParameterUsage(log(LOG_PLAIN)<<"\nCommand Line Options:\n");
+ log(LOG_PLAIN)<<"\nOutput command line options\n";
+ std::cout << "setup [options]\n\n"
+ << "Cygwin setup installs and maintains cygwin packages\n\n"
+ << "Command Line options:\n";
+ GetOption::GetInstance().ParameterUsage(std::cout);
theLog->exit(0);
}
you should really check if the parent isatty. nevertheless I consider this hack useful.
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 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 -- Force without wisdom falls of its own weight. (Horace, Odes)
