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Re: new faq and index
- To: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Subject: Re: new faq and index
- From: Bob McGowan <rmcgowan at veritas dot com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 18:14:13 -0700
- CC: Robert Collins <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>, cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com
- Organization: VERITAS Software
- References: <GFECKJEBGCHOBLMKJBGMIEGMCCAA.ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
May I suggest further changing the last line so the references to
"x86-based systems" differentiates the two:
....Window System to x86-based Linux systems. Cygwin-XFree is a port
of XFree86
^^^^^
version 4 for x86-based Windows NT systems using Redhat's Cygwin
Development Tools.
^^^^^^^^^^
"Suhaib M. Siddiqi" wrote:
>
> On FAQ
>
> 1
> What is X11, X11R6.x, and Cygwin-XFree?
>
> X11, more precisely called "The X Window System" is a complete window
> system that usually runs as the de-facto standard in Unix environments.
> X11R6.3 is the name of the current release (precisely, the most recent one
> is X11R6.4, but this is not part of the 3.X server line. XFree86 is a port
> of the X Window System to x86-based systems. Cygwin-XFree is a port of
> XFree86 version 4 for x86-based systems using Redhat's Cygwin Development
> Tools.
>
> Should change to
>
> 1
> What is X11, X11R6.x, and Cygwin-XFree?
>
> X11, more precisely called "The X Window System" is a complete window
> system that usually runs as the de-facto standard in Unix environments.
> X11R6.4 is the name of the current release (precisely, the
> ^^^^^^^^^
> most recent one is X11R6.5.1, but this is not part of the 3.X server line.
> XFree86 is a port of the X
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Window System to x86-based systems. Cygwin-XFree is a port of XFree86
> version 4 for x86-based systems using Redhat's Cygwin Development Tools.
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Bob McGowan
Staff Software Quality Engineer
VERITAS Software
rmcgowan@veritas.com