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Date:	Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:07:01 +0100
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Subject:	Re: mintty doesn't run on NT4 due to lack of GetConsoleWindow
From:	Andy Koppe <andy DOT koppe AT gmail DOT com>
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2009/8/6 Christopher Faylor:
>>> I spent much of the day trying to resurrect my Windows NT4 system and
>>> now that I finall have it back, I just tried to run mintty and noticed
>>> that it seems to be using GetConsoleWindow. ??That's not allowed on NT4.
>>> I get an error that says:
>>>
>>> "The procedure entry point GetConsoleWindow could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll"
>>>
>>> This means that this entry point isn't available on Windows NT4.
>>>
>>> Andy would it be possible to avoid calling this function when it isn't
>>> available?
>>If you think it's worth the effort and you want to be the guinea pig,
>>I'd have a go at making mintty run on NT4. I don't want to set up NT4
>>myself though.
>
> I'm willing to be the guinea pig.

Sorry, still haven't got 'round to this, but it's on my todo list for
mintty-0.5.

(Actually I did have a brief go, but as expected there are a couple
more functions affected, some of which need a workaround.)

Andy

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