Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <3CDC2E46.8F013B0C@digipen.edu> Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 13:32:06 -0700 From: Ryan Fulcher Organization: DigiPen Institute of Technology X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com, cygwin-announce@cygwin.com, cygwin-developers@cygwin.com Subject: Installation Issue, un-scriptable installer. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To my GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT the package selection menu is NOT KEYABLE! I am having an issue with the cygwin installation, here is my situation. I am installing 400+ workstations at a school, they are all 2k and I've devised a touchless installation process for the OS and ALL the apps. I use VBS scripts for each applications installation and have been able to deal with many quarks regarding each packages unique installation process. UNTIL NOW! of all the unfriendly installers I have to say I am very disappointed with the cygwin installer. You see the VBS scripts rely heavily on the use of "window title detection">OutPut and "KEYSTROKING">InPut as it's difficult to control the mouse with a script. To my GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT the package selection menu is NOT KEYABLE! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make the setup.exe respond to keystrokes, eg. {TAB 4}{TAB}{TAB} over to the package I like, " "cycle the behavior between (skip, install_vX, install_vY, install_vZ). {alt}+{n} next step in the installation.. This would be a great help. cummon guys open source stuff is supposed to be "Friendly", that means it plays well with "keyboards"!!!!! L8r ThanX for hearing my rants Ryan rfulcher@digipen.edu -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/