Autarkic fortune/strfile usage possible?

2004-05-05 Thread svartsjel
Hi, I wonder if "outsourcing" of both fortune and strfile executables is possible, so these programs might be run independently on a Win32 system lacking the regular Cygwin environment. Is it feasible somehow to supply just the indispensable Cygwin library (or libraries) to Windows, so fortune and

RE: Autarkic fortune/strfile usage possible?

2004-05-09 Thread Hannu E K Nevalainen
> From: Christopher Faylor > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 5:12 AM > On Sat, May 08, 2004 at 12:17:50AM +0200, Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote: > >>From: Christopher Faylor > >>Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 5:48 AM > > > >>On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 10:18:59PM +0200, Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote: > >>>you never

Re: Autarkic fortune/strfile usage possible?

2004-05-09 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 01:35:15PM +0200, Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote: >cgf wrote: >> And now you're down to 15 seconds... >> >> I can see that I'm going to have an extra couple of minutes to add to >> my day soon. > > Right, then go have your extra minutes. ;-) *plonk* Ahh... cgf -- Unsubscribe

Re: Autarkic fortune/strfile usage possible?

2004-05-06 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 10:18:59PM +0200, Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote: >you never pondered a tiny bit on _why_ I wrote the above, did you? Bingo. You hit the nail on the head. I barely give most of the things you write more than 30 seconds of consideration. And, oddly enough, I am still leading

RE: Autarkic fortune/strfile usage possible?

2004-05-07 Thread Hannu E K Nevalainen
> From: Christopher Faylor > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 5:48 AM > On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 10:18:59PM +0200, Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote: > >you never pondered a tiny bit on _why_ I wrote the above, did you? > > Bingo. You hit the nail on the head. I barely give most of the > things you write more

Re: Autarkic fortune/strfile usage possible?

2004-05-07 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, May 08, 2004 at 12:17:50AM +0200, Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote: >>From: Christopher Faylor >>Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 5:48 AM > >>On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 10:18:59PM +0200, Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote: >>>you never pondered a tiny bit on _why_ I wrote the above, did you? >> >>Bingo. You hit

Re: Autarkic fortune/strfile usage possible?

2004-05-05 Thread Brian Dessent
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I wonder if "outsourcing" of both fortune and strfile executables is > possible, so these programs might be run independently on a Win32 system > lacking the regular Cygwin environment. > Is it feasible somehow to supply just the indispensable Cygwin library > (or librar

Re: Autarkic fortune/strfile usage possible?

2004-05-05 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 02:25:20PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I wonder if "outsourcing" of both fortune and strfile executables is >possible, so these programs might be run independently on a Win32 >system lacking the regular Cygwin environment. Is it feasible somehow >to supply just the ind

RE: Autarkic fortune/strfile usage possible?

2004-05-05 Thread Brian Kelly
>> I'd like to use on other machines as well - without Cygwin. >> Any opinions? > cgf writes -> > I have one: Find another mailing list if you want to discuss ways of > not using cygwin. This is a mailing list devoted to actually *using* > cygwin. I've read a LOT of cgf's one liner's, but this

RE: Autarkic fortune/strfile usage possible?

2004-05-05 Thread Hannu E K Nevalainen
> From: Brian Kelly > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 6:58 PM > >> I'd like to use on other machines as well - without Cygwin. > >> Any opinions? > > > cgf writes -> > > I have one: Find another mailing list if you want to discuss ways of > > not using cygwin. This is a mailing list devoted to act

Re: Autarkic fortune/strfile usage possible?

2004-05-05 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 11:11:04PM +0200, Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote: >> From: Brian Kelly >> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 6:58 PM > I'd like to use on other machines as well - without Cygwin. Any opinions? >> >>>cgf writes -> I have one: Find another mailing list if you want to >>>discus

RE: Autarkic fortune/strfile usage possible?

2004-05-06 Thread Hannu E K Nevalainen
> From: Christopher Faylor > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 3:52 AM > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 11:11:04PM +0200, Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote: > >> From: Brian Kelly > >> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 6:58 PM > > > I'd like to use on other machines as well - without Cygwin. Any > opinions? > >