* Michael Chang <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2004-07-30 13:12 -0400]: > On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:12:50 +1000, Joshua Crawford > <mortarn_lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >* Ivan Leo Puoti <puoti@xxxxxxxxx> [2004-07-28 19:14 +0200]: > >>The wine developers have created a test sistem to check if wine works > >>like microsoft windows, but more users are needed to run the tests. > [snip] > >I installed this on a windows 98se box. I can't say I like having the DOS > >window open all the time (it's ugly). Can this not be written as a > >windows programme, and sit in the system tray? > Yes. I don't know how, but I know it's possible. You'd have to probably > find example code that allows this -- writing that kind of thing requires > knowledge of the Windows API for the systray. I think. Maybe send this > request to wine-devel? I don't know (how). One thing to point out though > - > if it ran in the system tray, then you wouldn't be able to run it within > wine. (Yes, I know that sounds stupid...) Cc: to wine-devel added. <snip console app vs. gui, and resizing window> > >Also, during the installation process, after I entered my email address, > >the installer removed what it called 'invalid characters' - i.e., > >underscores. > >All my main email addresses contain underscores, so I was forced to > >enter an old one that is not very reliable. > > How'd this happen? Underscores are very much valid characters in e-mails. > Was the installation check only accepting alpha-numeric characters as > the user part of the e-mail? Dashes should also be acceptable, in both > the username and the domain name. (Otherwise, how could we send e-mail > to the "wine-users" account of the mail server so the mailman service > could get to them?) It boggles me too. Something new: I just booted up that system for the first time since installing winrash (it's not used often), and Windows complained about it performing an illegal operation. Naturally, I tried repeating that by rebooting, and it didn't do it again. -- Joshua 'bruce' Crawford ... http://www.geocities.com/mortarn "Always be sincere, even when you don't mean it." -Irene Peter
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