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 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:53:09 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Running cmd programs in cygwin / rxvt Message-ID: <20040920195309.GA10584@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com 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 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 11:57:09AM -0700, Andrew DeFaria 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). You keep offering simple-minded suggestions that boil down to "Well just make rxvt work with these applications that don't like cygwin ptys, then." Let me say it in big letters so that you will understand: IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DO WHAT YOU WANT. If it was possible, we would have done something long ago. I'd be thrilled to be proved wrong or to have someone point me at documentation which illustrates a way to do this. Until such time, just pounding on points from an admitted complete lack of understanding of the issues is really pretty pointless. >>You should be able to start a command in a new console window with >>"cygstart" (q.v.). > >Yes I can, however this starts it in another "Windows window" that does >not easily resize, has crappy copy/paste semantics, colors and fonts. And that's the one of the main features of rxvt. But there are trade-offs. The fact that you don't like the trade-offs and desperately want someone to fix them for you does not mean that the trade-offs will go away if you keep offering uninformed suggestions. rxvt is only a dessert topping. It is not a floor wax. No amount of buffing is going to give you the shine on your floor that you are hoping for. cgf -- 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/