Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Reply-To: Cygwin List Message-Id: <6.1.0.6.0.20040920150959.02a09748@pop.prospeed.net> X-Sender: Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:19:12 -0400 To: Andrew DeFaria , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Larry Hall Subject: Re: Running cmd programs in cygwin / rxvt In-Reply-To: References: <414E8B1A DOT 8040103 AT overbored DOT net> <414EA28E DOT 122EB347 AT dessent DOT net> <20040920143930 DOT GD6915 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20040920153922 DOT GA7869 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20040920155842 DOT GO6525 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 02:57 PM 9/20/2004, you wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: > >>On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 08:46:32AM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote: >> >>>Would it be possible to implement a command then that says exec this with tty's instead of ptys? >> >>Cygwin ttys and ptys are the same thing. > >OK how about a command that says start this Windows console mode application using whatever it is that will make it happy enough to talk to stdin/stdout/stderr (short of starting a new window that is). > I think the point is that while it may be possible to make changes that do what you want, they are not straight-forward and compromise POSIX portability. I also suspect that this is an area that requires real thought and real effort by someone interested in taking up the effort. If that's you, perhaps you want to get into the code a little bit and come back with questions about specific changes you'd propose. To me, that seems the most productive approach to a solution. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/