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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 10:54:49 -0700
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From: Randall R Schulz <rrschulz AT cris DOT com>
Subject: Don't Let This Happen To You!
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Hi,

A little warning to Cygwin users who also use Microsoft Bookshelf 2000 (and 
possibly other versions, too).

I had a long-running wget going and with the Cywin console window in which 
it was running the active window, I clicked the Bookshelf tray icon. Bad 
news--it killed the wget.

One of the features of Microsoft Bookshelf 2000 is the ability to select a 
word and then click the Bookshelf tray icon to initiate a lookup on that 
word. Apparently, the interaction between Bookshelf's launcher and the 
console is based on simulating the typing of a CTRL-C to copy the current 
selection, if any, from the active window.

In Cygwin, that action causes a SIGINT to be sent to the current foreground 
application!

C'est la vie.

Randall Schulz
Mountain View, CA USA


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