X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <505764B9.9010406@dancol.org> References: <20120915162136.GB25529@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <5057036D.3080304@dancol.org> <5057254C.4040405@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <20120917134855.GC16552@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <505764B9.9010406@dancol.org> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:33:25 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Win PTY library. From: Earnie Boyd To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Daniel Colascione wrote: > > If your pty layer refreshes every 100ms and your program updates at > 20, 40, and 80ms, you'll lose all but the last update. I'm not > interested in writing a testcase to demonstrate a perfectly > foreseeable problem. > So create a patch that works based on your ideas of how it should work. So far, there have not been any who have been able to do it for the case of Cygwin execing a native MSVCRT binary. If the ideas behind Console2 and winpty can do so, great, it is a step in the right direction. If you can come up with a working model other than what these are doing then prove it. -- Earnie -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd -- 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