Mail Archives: cygwin-apps/2001/11/08/16:08:14
I hate to say this, but this is not reall off-topic for this
mailing list.
It's one thing to ask if screen could be a package but continued
discussion about screen porting should go to cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
until such time as it is an actual package.
cgf
On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 03:52:30PM -0500, Roth, Kevin P. wrote:
>Ruf:
>
>Thanks for the Cygwin patch. I tried building in a sub-directory from
>the source, and uncovered a tiny issue with osdef.sh. Here's a patch for
>that:
>
>--- osdef.sh.orig Thu Nov 8 14:53:48 2001
>+++ osdef.sh Thu Nov 8 14:52:27 2001
>@@ -64,3 +64,3 @@
> fi
>-if eval test "`diff osdef.h osdef.h.in | wc -l`" -eq 4; then
>+if eval test "`diff osdef.h $srcdir/osdef.h.in | wc -l`" -eq 4; then
> echo " Hmm, sed is very pessimistic about your system header files."
>
>
>Also, I'm having a bit of difficulty figuring out how to get more than
>25 lines to show up consistently. I built screen with all defaults
>accepted (after patching of course), and tried running it. I get a
>properly sized screen, with all 40+ lines useable, however "stty -a" now
>reports only 25 lines, instead of the 40+ I usually have my DOS/cygwin
>window set to (I'm on win2k if that matters).
>AND, If I try running 'vi .screenrc', it only uses 25 lines, and when I
>quit vi, I'm stuck with only 25 usable lines, until I run 'resize'.
>
>I'm sure this is a common problem, however I'm wondering if you (Ruf)
>have dealt with it under cygwin, and if so, whether you have a
>suggestion?
>
>(please respond off the cygwin-apps list on the second point, if you
>have any response)
>
>--Kevin
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ruf Ruf [mailto:ruf_ruff AT hotmail DOT com]
>Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:03 PM
>To: guckes-screen AT math DOT fu-berlin DOT de
>Cc: cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com
>Subject: cygwin, screen, my patches
>
>
>Sven,
>
>Great job on screen, I can't believe I didn't find out about this
>package
>until recently! Anyways, I find myself at a job where I'm stuck on an NT
>
>box. Naturally the next best thing one can do is install cygwin. Cygwin
>doesn't distribute screen. I've sent some notes to the cygwin-apps
>mailing
>list, and I've volunteered for the job of package maintainer for screen
>on
>Cygwin.
>
>There are a couple of ways I can go about this. One way is to submit my
>patches to you, and then screen would compile out of the box on cygwin
>for
>anybody. Another way is for me to use my patches in the framework
>established for cygwin apps. Seems to me the better way is to submit the
>
>patches to you directly, and then you can create a new version with
>these
>patches. Or perhaps at the least, you can approve/disapprove of the
>patches
>and I can fix them if you see a problem. I've based my changes on
>screen-3.9.10
>
>I'm including my patches in a tarball for your perusal. See the included
>
>README for details of the changes I made. Let me know what you think,
>and
>again, great job on a very cool utility!
>
>Note: I have not thoroughly tested screen, but I've used it daily
>without any problems (NT4sp6).
>
>screen-3.9.10-1.tgz:
>
>README - description of changes made
>screen-3.9.10-1.patch - my patches, of course =]
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>
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