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415 Commits

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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
Corinna Vinschen 8b5e267bb8 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document getgrouplist. 2011-10-28 09:27:18 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 378eaba88b * cygserver.sgml: Change -v to -V, same as in sources. 2011-10-10 15:52:48 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz 1165d4442d * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document /proc/devices
and /proc/misc.
2011-08-19 20:06:28 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 9d3b795b47 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document new RTLD flags. 2011-08-16 14:51:06 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 3de2809073 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document large address awareness
of heap and new way to set the default heap size per executable.
	* setup2.sgml (setup-maxmem): Revamp to explain new method of
	allocating more heap on a per-executable basis.  Drop outdated stuff.
	Keep shortened description of heap_chunk_in_mb as note.
2011-08-12 13:51:21 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 4593c596a8 * faq-using.xml (faq.using.bloda): Add NVIDIA. Change wording slightly. 2011-08-04 18:25:41 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz 2a5e0b2dee * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document new POSIX Clock Selection
option APIs.
2011-08-03 19:18:07 +00:00
Andy Koppe 42f8872e61 * setup-net.sgml (setup-packages): Reflect removal of Prev button.
Also document Keep button and improve description of Exp button.
2011-07-20 19:31:05 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz 3989afabe7 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document getconf(1). 2011-07-20 01:19:53 +00:00
Christopher Faylor ec5c578057 correct comment 2011-07-15 20:59:30 +00:00
Christopher Faylor b5b62e5445 * cygwinenv.sgml (using-cygwinenv): Clarify "glob" works. 2011-07-15 20:59:07 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen b8b7eb058d * cygwinenv.sgml (using-cygwinenv): Move envcache, strip_title, title,
tty, and upcaseenv options to list of obsolete options.
	* effectively.sgml (using-console): Remove section.
	* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document removed CYGWIN options.
	Document removed tty mode.
2011-06-15 11:41:26 +00:00
Eric Blake 4e989b35d1 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document strerror changes. 2011-05-25 19:08:46 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 06f85bf553 * legal.sgml: Drop an old paragraph. Reactivate copyright note for
documentation.
2011-05-25 06:29:22 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz d39f0ba981 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document __fpurge. 2011-05-19 07:24:23 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz d6b764cc83 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document error.h functions. 2011-05-18 01:26:56 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz 7dd9fa7ffb * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document CPU-time clock support.
Move pthread stack management APIs to separate listitem.
2011-05-17 17:09:32 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 7afc14c003 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document pthread_attr_getguardsize,
pthread_attr_setstack, pthread_attr_setstackaddr and
	pthread_attr_setguardsize.
2011-05-15 18:51:49 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 6cfbf1a573 * cygwinenv.sgml: Move "forkchunk:xxx" to the removed options section.
Change text accordingly.
2011-05-10 10:23:57 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 4964dafb65 * setup2.sgml (setup-env-ov): Make sure everybody knows that the
CYGWIN settings are just an example.
2011-05-10 08:56:04 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz 0519948756 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document clock_settime. 2011-05-09 08:58:59 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz 57aac4bf26 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document sysinfo. 2011-05-06 18:55:02 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz 942945956c * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document psiginfo, psignal,
and sys_siglist.
2011-05-04 22:18:16 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz af4f7961d0 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document new pthread APIs. 2011-05-03 04:09:52 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 138f3e0cbd Throughout remove NT4 from documentation.
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document change in passwd command.
2011-05-02 11:56:36 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen bd80ec4fc8 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document ppoll. 2011-04-18 12:00:13 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz 2f4d0818b3 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document /proc/swaps. 2011-04-11 02:10:35 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 708293f94e * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document dropped NT4 support. 2011-04-04 12:25:37 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz 43a6063156 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document additional information
in /proc/version.
2011-04-04 11:14:20 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz 15f0d50006 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document /proc/sysvipc/. 2011-04-01 19:49:16 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz 8e68bbe724 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): /proc/loadavg now shows
current running/total processes count.
2011-04-01 09:01:47 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen cabe8aa22a * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document pthread spinlocks. 2011-03-29 10:35:08 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 75526ad530 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.9): Add "new API" paragraph. 2011-03-28 15:01:19 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 38e6feddab * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Fix typo. 2011-02-15 16:05:27 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen ce05ca932a * legal.sgml: Bump date.
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Move dropped NT4 pre-SP4 support
	up to be the first paragraph.
2011-02-15 15:37:59 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen eceebc3005 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Document /proc/sys. 2011-02-15 15:32:19 +00:00
Eric Blake f6b802d912 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Document strerror_r fixes. 2011-02-10 17:38:18 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz 27aaf2a9d1 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Document pthread_yield. 2011-02-10 10:58:28 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 96195d804a * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Add "new API" paragraph. 2011-01-12 13:16:46 +00:00
Christopher Faylor 969dd6dff9 * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.cli): Correct description of -pubkey option 2011-01-05 16:02:00 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 1570248800 * setup2.sgml (setup-locale-ov): Document CJK ambiguous width change
for non-Unicode charsets.
	* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Mention CJK ambiguous width change.
	Drop redundant NT4 pre-SP4 support entry.
2010-11-18 11:05:46 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 7c53c875c1 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Document reinstantiation of the
original 1.7 CWD handling.
2010-10-09 11:00:47 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 3ce898deb3 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Document new C99 complex API. 2010-10-08 10:56:14 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 89c1b9c7ee * pathnames.sgml (mount-table): Fix pathnames-mount-ex example. Change
an expression.
2010-09-27 16:46:34 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen a7616a21a2 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Document dropped NT4 pre-SP4 support.
* faq-what.xml (faq.what.supported): Change accordingly.
	* ntsec.sgml (ntsec-mapping): Add 2008 R2.
2010-09-27 16:37:57 +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 6ce9ff387c * setup2.sgml (setup-locale-how): Fix typo. 2010-09-18 11:29:06 +00:00
Dave Korn 2981e56e29 * new-features.sgml: Mention fenv support. 2010-09-11 11:42:15 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 395ef596e0 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Document /proc/sys. 2010-09-06 14:42:30 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 4da8ebe288 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.7): Document change to binmode/textmode
link libs.
	* textbinary.sgml (textbin-devel): Ditto.
2010-08-30 13:19:39 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 9bf2a8a84a * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.7): Document change to avoid DLL
hijacking.
2010-08-28 11:36:43 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 6c43f249ac * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.7): Change to describe partial
reversion to pre-1.7.6 behaviour.
	(ov-new1.7.6): Deprecate description of CWD handling.
	* pathnames.sgml (pathnames-win32-api): Rewrite to reflect new CWD
	behaviour.
2010-08-27 18:56:28 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen f43eed1c08 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.7): New section.
* pathnames.sgml: Throughout, align style of screen elements.
	Throughout, make all emphasis elements bold.
	(pathnames-win32-api): Rewrite section.
2010-08-19 10:35:25 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 6a84234cd2 * pathnames.sgml (pathnames-win32-api): Try to use a more clear wording. 2010-08-18 15:28:15 +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 841003a9b3 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.6): Document "bind" option.
* pathnames.sgml (mount-table): Add "bind" option with example.
2010-08-11 11:12:10 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz 6d27f82985 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.6): Document POSIX Monotonic Clock. 2010-08-09 16:49:28 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 95fe28c61e * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.6): Document /proc/filesystems. 2010-08-09 08:20:51 +00:00
Andy Koppe aab56a41cf * setup-net.sgml, faq-setup.xml: Rename setup.exe's "Partial"
view to "Pending"
2010-07-26 22:56:24 +00:00
Eric Blake 2693eddb32 Document mkostemp and mkostemps.
* textbinary.sgml (textbin-devel): Document temp file behavior.
(textbin-issue): Use sed rather than cat as an example of a
default-mode application.
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.6): Document mkostemp[s].
2010-07-19 18:25:41 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz 2a904ebacb * Makefile.in: Use "xmlto pdf" instead of docbook2pdf.
Force the dblatex backend, as the default passivetex does not work.
* README: Replace docbook-utils dependency with dblatex.
Update required docbook-xml version.
* faq-programming.xml: Ditto.
2010-06-27 21:32:19 +00:00
Christopher Faylor 8930e4d2c3 * setup-net.sgml: Add a paragraph describing now to avoid unintentional
upgrades.
2010-06-26 16:08:46 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen ef3df0bb7d * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.6): Add new "dos" and "inode" mount
options.
	* pathnames.sgml (mount-table): Ditto.
	(pathnames-specialchars): Change description order.  Add paragraph
	to explain new behaviour in terms of leading spaces and trailing dots
	and spaces in pathnames.
2010-04-29 10:58:17 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen c2bedf3aa3 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.6): Add locale wide-char changes. 2010-04-28 10:19:25 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen ebff53b339 * cygserver.sgml: Note the fact that slave tty/pty handle dispersal is
unsed as of Cygwin 1.7.6.
	* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.6): New section.  Add tty/pty and
	setrlimit changes.
2010-04-22 09:05:37 +00:00
Christopher Faylor 7092cadf76 * cygwin.dsl: Remove comments. 2010-04-11 22:15:59 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 5e64c96949 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.5): New section. 2010-04-11 19:38:35 +00:00
Christopher Faylor e4f6022e52 * cygwin-api.in.sgml: Update to DocBook SGML 4.5 DTD.
* cygwin-ug-net.in.sgml: Ditto.
* cygwin-ug.in.sgml: Ditto.
* faq-sections.xml: Ditto.
* faq.xml: Ditto.
2010-04-11 17:43:28 +00:00
Charles Wilson 7e53fcbc29 * setup-net.sgml: Remove more mentions of rxvt. 2010-04-01 05:23:07 +00:00
Christopher Faylor 3d8a6b6236 * cygwinenv.sgml: Remove/deprecate mention of rxvt.
* effectively.sgml: Ditto.
* faq-using.xml: Ditto.
* setup-net.sgml: Ditto.
2010-03-31 21:06:43 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 3f4a0c963a * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.3): New section. 2010-03-29 15:10:09 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 84fef941e8 * setup2.sgml (setup-locale-charsetlist): Add EUC-CN and GB2312. 2010-03-27 21:13:04 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 8a3cfef325 * textbinary.sgml: Add missing </para>. 2010-03-27 17:10:23 +00:00
Christopher Faylor cf989df66a * textbinary.sgml: Remove tr example and just mention u2d and d2u instead. 2010-03-27 05:26:51 +00:00
Christopher Faylor ca8d80165f * pathnames.sgml: Clarify wording of user-specific fstab files. Fix typo. 2010-03-25 12:52:32 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 4951591733 * legal.sgml: Bump copyright date. 2010-03-24 08:54:52 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen a24d322c76 * faq-using.xml (faq.using.unicode): Remove old examples. 2010-03-17 10:12:32 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 36960dec37 * effectively.sgml (using-shortcuts): Match chapter with reality. 2010-03-12 10:33:08 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 3519b4c361 * faq-using.xml (faq.using.bloda): Add "Credant Guardian Shield". 2010-03-11 10:22:34 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen d909dd6c42 * setup2.sgml (setup-env): Add cross reference to using-cygwinenv.
Change description for locale environment variables to comply with
	changes in 1.7.2.
2010-03-05 15:44:03 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 3b221af1a8 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Describe XDR support. 2010-03-03 15:05:33 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen a149bfbfcd * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Add strptime changes. 2010-02-26 17:54:24 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 9aabc7c8f3 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Add strftime/wcsftime changes. 2010-02-26 10:28:39 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz 6bcdc0df58 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Add SIGPWR support. 2010-02-26 09:34:38 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen f88331443b * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Move stty erase support into
correct category.  Change "console window" to "Windows console".
2010-02-25 16:27:39 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 16e235b5ad * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Accommodate name change of getlocale
to locale.
	* setup2.sgml (setup-locale-how): Ditto.
2010-02-17 15:02:17 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 0da7a27a1b * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Add native DOS path and UNC path
change.
	* pathnames.sgml (pathnames-intro): Make the Win32 path text a note
	and xref to new pathnames-win32 section.
	(cygdrive): Add description how the cygdrive mount flags apply to
	UNC paths starting with slashes.
	(pathnames-win32): New section describing native path handling.
2010-02-15 13:35:53 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 9bb1d645b3 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Rephrase getlocale entry. 2010-02-11 11:39:58 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 3b994b1249 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Add LC_MESSAGES support.
* setup2.sgml (setup-locale-ov): Change "@euro" modifier description.
	(setup-locale-missing): Remove.
2010-02-10 12:34:54 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz b6ab02dea8 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7-misc): Fix typo. 2010-02-07 22:06:16 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 8803e713c7 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Add support for locales from
/usr/share/locale/locale.alias.
	* setup2.sgml (setup-locale-ov): Ditto.
2010-02-07 13:42:49 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 573df59cd4 * setup2.sgml (setup-locale-ov): Align description of working modifiers
to latest changes.
2010-02-06 21:41:05 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 3673ff5968 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Add support for new charsets.
Change text for modifier support.
	(setup-locale-charsetlist): Add new GEORGIAN-PS and PT154 charsets
	to list of supported charsets.  Reorder list for non-ISO, non-CP
	charsets alphabetically.
2010-02-06 18:33:40 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen e90f14f5d3 * setup2.sgml (setup-locale-ov): Add description for "uz_UZ@cyrillic"
and "tt_RU@iqtelif" modifiers.  Slightly rephrase locale specifier
	description in terms of the modifier string.
2010-02-05 21:38:31 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 8c9c8fa938 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Add grouping for printf/wprintf. 2010-02-05 08:57:32 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 4db9544f4f * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Add multibyte-awareness of regcomp
and regexec.
2010-02-04 12:38:00 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz 50da6b49ed * faq-programming.xml: Update for Cygwin docbook-utils package. 2010-02-02 01:18:03 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz 2972058a05 * README: Update for Cygwin docbook-utils package. 2010-02-02 01:02:49 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz 954515b011 * faq-api.xml: d2u/u2d are from cygutils, not util-linux. 2010-01-26 19:26:59 +00:00