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Date:	Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:05:55 +0300
From:	egor duda <deo AT logos-m DOT ru>
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To:	Christopher Faylor <cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Win95 CAPS-lock input problem -- feedback?
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Hi!

Wednesday, 14 November, 2001 Christopher Faylor cgf AT redhat DOT com wrote:

CF> Does anyone have an opinion about this patch, either yes or no?

CF> Egor, does this patch work with your ttyifier?

other than ignoring microsoft warning, it looks with me.

if i understand things correctly, this workaround is not needed on w98,
right? if so, should we better add one more wincap bit?

CF> On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 09:04:29PM +0300, ian DOT ray AT nokia DOT com wrote:
>>
>>ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/win32dk/kb/q137/1/95.txt
>>"Unpredictable results occur if you use ReadConsole and ReadConsoleInput
>>together in a Windows 95-based application. Do not mix the two functions
>>when using a single console."
>>
>>I made the proposed patch (breaking Microsoft advice, above) against
>>cygwin-snapshot-20011005-1.
>>
>>It "works" for me (Win95,UK) -- but I did not get any feedback from the
>>list.

Egor.            mailto:deo AT logos-m DOT ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19

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