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Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:29:23 -0500
From: Reid Thompson <reid DOT thompson AT ateb DOT com>
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To: Terry Dabbs <tdabbs AT staktek DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Making the command console stay on top
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Terry Dabbs wrote:

>I have an application written and compiled using gcc and ncurses (for
>the colors), in the cygwin environment. This application gets
>information from a database, and displays it to an operator running a
>machine telling them what program to input (among other things).
>
>The problem is that when they go to enter the program name, the console
>window immediately falls behind that of the application they are
>entering the data into, and they can't read it.
>
>I'm using a shortcut to start this, and the level of display of the
>window is not one of the options. Does anyone (that will answer) know a
>way to start this window with the attributes needed so it will not be
>covered when another application is touched by the mouse?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Terry Dabbs
>
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are you displaying the ncurses app in a standard cygwin terminal window, 
a native windows rxvt window, or an X windows window?

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