Message-ID:	<437AB5A3.3040004@ateb.com>
Date:	Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:29:23 -0500
From:	Reid Thompson <reid DOT thompson AT ateb DOT com>
User-Agent:	Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923)
MIME-Version:	1.0
To:	Terry Dabbs <tdabbs AT staktek DOT com>
Cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Making the command console stay on top
References:	<14CEE0B69DBDFC41A192613D8B4098CA02AD0324 AT XCH-CORP DOT staktek DOT com>
In-Reply-To:	<14CEE0B69DBDFC41A192613D8B4098CA02AD0324@XCH-CORP.staktek.com>
X-IsSubscribed:	yes
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

Terry Dabbs wrote:

>I have an application written and compiled using gcc and ncurses (for
>the colors), in the cygwin environment. This application gets
>information from a database, and displays it to an operator running a
>machine telling them what program to input (among other things).
>
>The problem is that when they go to enter the program name, the console
>window immediately falls behind that of the application they are
>entering the data into, and they can't read it.
>
>I'm using a shortcut to start this, and the level of display of the
>window is not one of the options. Does anyone (that will answer) know a
>way to start this window with the attributes needed so it will not be
>covered when another application is touched by the mouse?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Terry Dabbs
>
>--
>Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
>Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
>Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
>FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
>
>  
>
are you displaying the ncurses app in a standard cygwin terminal window, 
a native windows rxvt window, or an X windows window?

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/

- Raw text -