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Author SHA1 Message Date
Yaakov Selkowitz 0a5135e32a * faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.objective-c): Update for gcc4.
(faq.programming.win32-api): -mwindows does include -lcomdlg32.
	(faq.programming.win32-no-cygwin): Update for removal of -mno-cygwin.
	* overview2.sgml (ov-ex-win): Ditto.
2012-04-23 21:46:46 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen e612307024 * cygwinenv.sgml (cygwinenv-implemented-options): Add detect_bloda.
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.12): Add list items for the change to
	flock and the detect_bloda CYGWIN option.
	* overview2.sgml (ov-hi-process-problems): Add a reference to the
	detect_bloda CYGWIN option.
2012-03-30 11:30:13 +00:00
Jon TURNEY cd561fdb8b * faq-using.xml (faq.using.fixing-fork-failures): Add new FAQ.
* overview2.sgml (ov-hi-process-problems): Describe some difficulties
	in implementing fork()
2011-11-05 18:42:55 +00:00
Christopher Faylor 392397f46c * overview2.sgml: Remove cheerful paragraph which implied that it was ok to
casually mix Windows and POSIX.  Add more words about mixing POSIX/Windows.
2010-09-18 15:58:46 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen a016fed8ba * faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.win32-api): Remove simplicity.
Add note and xrefs to User's Guide chapters explaining restrictions
	using the Win32 API.
	* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.6): Add note about Win CWD.
	* overview2.sgml (ov-hi-intro): Add note and xrefs about Win32 API
	restrictions.  Tone down flexibility.
	* pathnames.sgml (pathnames-intro): Add xref to pathnames-win32-api
	section.
	(pathnames-win32-api): New section describing Win32 CWD restriction.
	* setup2.sgml (setup-env-ov): New sub-section.
	(setup-env-win32): Ditto, describing Win32 environment restriction.
2010-08-13 11:52:13 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 7d5ae9ccf7 * overview2.sgml (ov-hi-files): Remove reference to root directory when
explaining fstab content.  Add paragraph about Extended Attributes.
	Discourage chroot.
2009-11-18 16:07:05 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 8fd422fe4e * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7-file): Add new hardlink behaviour on
filesystems not supporting hardlinks.
	* overview2.sgml (ov-hi-files): Change descripton accordingly.
2009-09-21 11:01:19 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen f5e097fa4b * Various syntactical and semantical fixes throughout. 2009-04-03 11:51:31 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen ffb5ddd565 * cygwinenv.sgml: Add text to explain new UTF-16 symlinks.
* faq-api.xml: Add FAQ entry "Why do some of my old symlinks don't
	work anymore?"
	* new-features.sgml: Fix symlink text.  Add new UTF-16 symlinks.
	* overview2.sgml: Add text about new UTF-16 symlinks and potential
	problems with old symlinks.
	* pathnames.sgml: Fix typo.
	* setup2.sgml: Extend text about problems with symlinks.
2009-03-26 12:25:11 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 1233ba242b * overview2.sgml: Remove reference to CYGWIN=binmode.
* textbinary.sgml: Ditto.  Rephrase certain paragraphs to match
	Cygwin 1.7 behaviour.  Add popen(3) and pipe(2) behaviour.  Make
	quite clear that binmode is preferred.  Add *mode.o files to
	description for developers.
2009-03-18 11:05:45 +00:00
Christopher Faylor b94518ea98 * overview2.sgml: Reorganize and make minor wording changes. 2008-11-25 16:39:58 +00:00
Christopher Faylor a5032b7899 * overview2.sgml: Clarify unix-specific automatic updates section. 2008-11-25 16:20:30 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 06c4c61863 * overview2.sgml: Add text that no automatic updates are provided. 2008-11-25 09:54:50 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 85f1119b7b * Revamp documentation for Cygwin 1.7, part 1. 2008-07-17 11:49:45 +00:00
Christopher Faylor eab543a1d6 * overview2.sgml: Remove inaccurate "full support for windows pathnames"
clause.
2006-08-09 16:13:56 +00:00
Joshua Daniel Franklin aba373611c * faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.ipc): Add new FAQ about
cygserver and its relation to the "Bad system call" error.
* faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.uninstall-all): Mention postgresql.
* overview2.sgml: Update security info on shared memory.
2006-01-27 04:52:16 +00:00
Joshua Daniel Franklin ede7692fd2 * path.sgml: Encode programming example with CDATA. 2004-12-31 01:13:28 +00:00
Joshua Daniel Franklin c98b30eadc * .sgml: Cleanup markup for XML validity. 2004-12-24 21:58:38 +00:00
Joshua Daniel Franklin 42fb62041d 2004-01-15 Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com>
* setup-net.sgml: Add "internet-setup" id anchor.
	* overview.sgml: Update "What is it?" section. Add links to
	"Is it free software?" section. Update "Brief History" section.
	* overview2.sgml: Rewrite "Expectations for {Windows,Unix}"
	as "Quick Start for those more experienced with {Windows,Unix}".
2004-01-16 06:31:49 +00:00
Christopher Faylor c3405ba93e * overview2.sgml: Remove CTRL-Z discussion.
* cygwinenv.sgml: Expand on CYGWIN=binmode.
2002-12-19 02:14:06 +00:00
Christopher Faylor 63928f6088 Cleanup copyrights and Cygnus'isms throughout.
* setup.sgml: Nuke ancient instructions.
2001-12-04 04:20:31 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 99fd83eb67 * ntsec.sgml: Add description for the new setuid ability
of Cygwin since release 1.1.3.
        * overview2.sgml: Add description for new chroot functionality.
        * calls.texinfo: Add missing calls. Change comments for
        setuid, setgid, seteuid, setegid, chroot.
2000-07-20 11:04:33 +00:00
Christopher Faylor 1fd5e000ac import winsup-2000-02-17 snapshot 2000-02-17 19:38:33 +00:00