X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:27:34 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: mintty screen size problem From: Andy Koppe To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 10 June 2010 06:07, Steven Woody wrote: > I found some windows native command-line programs can not run in > mintty, while they can in the old cygwin shell window. > > For example, there is a windows command line application, slrn, =C2=A0(a > nntp news reader), when it is started from mintty, it will report > "unable to determine the screen size" and then exit. =C2=A0Another example > is windows version of python, when start it from mintty, it will > display nothing and never return unless I press Ctrl-C. > > Does anyone see the similar problems? =C2=A0Do you have a solution? Thank= s. Yes. No. See http://code.google.com/p/mintty/issues/detail?id=3D56 for more than you want to know about this. The workaround is to invoke such programs through 'cygstart'. Alternatively, the 'conin' wrapper mentioned in that thread should work fairly well for Python. Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple