On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 18:30:25 +0200, Boris wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 16:08:52 +0200, Boris wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >>A "short" message for Arnt ! > > > > ..Winston Churchill had a great way of having bureaucrats trim > > their language; it had to be readable without glasses, from across > > the room, on one sheet of paper, nailed to the wall. ;-) > > will have to send HTML mails out then, in order for the > font size to be appropriate for you :-) ..naaa, try /usr/games/banner. ;-) > Hope this one is short enough for you ! ..see above. ;-) > >>Hey, HOW about integrating the necessary functionality into > >>FlightGear itself, then we'll have a graphical UI :-)) > > > > ..whenever pigs fly. Meanwhile, start with a set of shell scripts, > > and hide them from those chicken Wintendo users who "clicks" > > "Graphical Upgrade Wizard", and show real people what's > > going on if they care to learn, it can run in the background, > > it'll first need to drag home the deps and compile and set > > them up, then FG itself. > > well, thanks for all these pointers to shell scripting howtos, but > that shouldn't be the problem ;-) ..excellent, act on it. ;-) > Actually, I rather consider the requirement for a GNU toolchain on > windows (=>Cygwin) to be the problem - and that's what would be > necessary in order for the shell stuff to work, hence Steven's ..ah, I dunno Wintendo, I only see people here use it on it. > approach to use Perl for tardiff is certainly more convenient ..whatever does the job. Compilation of the patched source code? > > ..that was a joke, with GNU tools on a Wintendo, > > you don't need Winzip. ;-) > > _I_ know of course, but thinking of those folks who are not > familiar with Cygwin it might indeed be a better way to > use standard extensions that are by default recognized under > windows - and if that's true for TGZ instead of TAR.GZ that's > certainly worth to think about. ..shoot, FG is a meritocracy. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
