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Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 21:29:09 +0530
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From: Kiran Prakash <kiran_prakash_2k AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: cygwin console
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On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 10:39:39 -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> cygwin's pty emulation does not work with every windows application.  I
> don't think we should default to using rxvt for this reason.

cygwin's pty emulation doesnt even work with some cygwin apps
(for example talk, the message telling the user about the talk is 
swallowed)

I agree that rxvt shouldnt be made default until atleast this is fixed.

Kiran Prakash


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