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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:14:50 -0400
From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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To: Christoffer Gurell <orbit AT 0x63 DOT nu>
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Subject: Re: rxvt as replacement for windows terminal
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Christoffer Gurell wrote:
> I want to use rxvt shipped with cygwin as a replacement for the windows
> crappy terminal which cygwin uses as default. 
> The problem is that native windows binaries like edit.com or python for
> windows does not work in rxvt. The terminal just hangs up. 
> Is there a solution for this or what is the problem?

Windows programs don't understand Cygwin ttys.  The workarounds are:

   - Don't use Windows programs with rxvt.
   - Go back to using cmd.exe (without 'tty' set in your CYGWIN environment
     variable) if you must use Windows programs.

You can find plenty of discussion about this issue in the email archives if
you're interested in further info.

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