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Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 15:36:12 -0600 (CST)
From: "ad675 AT sfn DOT saskatoon DOT sk DOT ca" <ad675 AT sfn DOT saskatoon DOT sk DOT ca>
To: cygnu-win32 <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: Re: vim and xterm/rxvt
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Ok, I solved the problem. Here is a hint for those who encountered
terminal input problems in X environment and/or process spawn problems. 

   *** Always copy BASH.EXE to your /bin/sh.exe but NOT SH.EXE. ***

Yin

On Sat, 6 Feb 1999, ad675 AT sfn DOT saskatoon DOT sk DOT ca wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> I just compiled and installed X11R6.4 and rxvt for cygwin32 B20.1 on
> Win98.  When I tried to run vi in a rxvt session, I got the following
> error after I typed the very first key: 
>     Vim: Error reading input, exiting...
>     Vim: Finished.
> 
> If I run vi in xterm, it does not response to any keystroke.  I must
> kill the process to get out.
> 
> Whether putting "tty" in CYGWIN and/or CYGWIN32 makes little difference. 
> What is could be wrong?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Yin Zhou
> 
> P.S.  I searched the archive of this newsgroup, there is one related post,
> about use more/less in rxvt/xterm, but was no definite answer. 
> 
> 
> 
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