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Date: | Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:38:15 -0500 |
From: | Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: MinTTY "vs" rxvt (was Re: MinTTY 0.3.3) |
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On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 04:32:40PM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > Charles Wilson wrote: >> Later, if there is enough demand (complaints?) I can look at creating >> rxvt-W (with an alternate XAPPRES name) that is windows-only (maybe with >> the external libW11, maybe just like at present with the builtin libW11) >> -- but no split-personality. > How about creating a rxvt-W that uses Window's style console I/O instead of > a pty? (I have no idea of how difficult or simple that might be). If it was even moderately difficult I would have just implemented ptys using console I/O long ago. Microsoft doesn't want you to use consoles for much and it shows. cgf -- 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/
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