Re: convenient trimming of quoted text to make points

2017-08-25 Thread L A Walsh
cyg Simple wrote: On 8/24/2017 8:36 PM, L A Walsh wrote: If you can't trim your quoted text, then please stop burying the new stuff on the bottom. Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed. I see from a google search that you've had problems with style in the past even on this list

Re: Strange errors with gcc and top, even after rebaseall

2017-08-25 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, nobo...@web.de! > ok, then i need at work two 32bit versions, one for building software A and > one for software B, Why can't you build both under one?… > and a 64bit version for working with Cygwin, e. g. locate, backups etc.. > For switching between the versions i use moving (renam

Re: Re: Strange errors with gcc and top, even after rebaseall

2017-08-25 Thread nobodyO
Hi, ok, then i need at work two 32bit versions, one for building software A and one for software B, and a 64bit version for working with Cygwin, e. g. locate, backups etc.. For switching between the versions i use moving (renaming) the directories of the other versions and replacing them with j

Re: Either trim quoted text or STOP BOTTOM POSTING

2017-08-25 Thread Dan Kegel
I hadn't heard the name 'interleaved' style, I think that used to be called top-posting plus appropriate trimming. I sympathize with folks who are frustrated with whippersnappers not knowing email conventions. (It's almost as bad as not knowing how to use a manual gearshift :-) - Dan -- Problem r

Re: Aliases - I learned something new

2017-08-25 Thread Eric Blake
On 08/25/2017 10:00 AM, cyg Simple wrote: > If the value of an alias ends in a space the word following the issuance > of the alias command is also checked for alias expansion. In fact, this behavior is POSIX-mandated, so that you can do things like: alias exec='exec ' and get alias expansion on

Aliases - I learned something new

2017-08-25 Thread cyg Simple
In the research for my responses to the alias issue I learned something I didn't know. Not a big deal but I thought I would share. If the value of an alias ends in a space the word following the issuance of the alias command is also checked for alias expansion. Example: $ alias t1='echo abc' $ a

Re: Either trim quoted text or STOP BOTTOM POSTING

2017-08-25 Thread cyg Simple
On 8/24/2017 8:36 PM, L A Walsh wrote: > If you can't trim your quoted text, then please stop burying the > new stuff on the bottom. > Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed. I see from a google search that you've had problems with style in the past even on this list. > > I've noticed it

[ANNOUNCEMENT] [Updated] Perl distributions

2017-08-25 Thread Achim Gratz
The following Perl distributions have been added to Cygwin or updated to their latest version on CPAN, respectively: x86/x86_64 -- perl-DateTime-1.44-1 perl-PerlIO-utf8_strict-0.007-1 perl-Sub-Name-0.21-1 perl-Sort-Key-1.33-1 noarch -- perl-Class-Factory-Util-1.7-1 perl-DateTime-Cale