From: corinna DOT vinschen AT cityweb DOT de (Corinna Vinschen)
Subject: Re: console mode and \r, \n, etc.
3 Dec 1998 15:42:02 -0800
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To: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>, cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> I'm investigating Corinna's problems with console mode stuff.
> 
> What a mess.

Yes, isn't it?

> [...]
> So my question is, does anybody object to doing "character at a time"
> reads on the console?  This will slow down console reads slightly but
> I'm hoping to get as much right as possible with console input.  For one
> thing, I think I've identified the consistently reported problem of
> cursor keys not working on Windows 95.  That should be fixable.

IMHO, cygwin should read from console with ReadConsoleInput in raw mode
and should do cooking all self. This has more advantages then drawbacks,
I think. New possibilities: ENABLE_WINDOW_INPUT and ENABLE_MOUSE_INPUT
are making sense now! And the code would be more 'reader friendly'. And
nearly all stty modes are possible. And possible more features... 

Regards,
Corinna