* Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin
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@ 2009-01-07 19:42 ` Linda Walsh
2009-01-07 20:06 ` Christopher Faylor
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From: Linda Walsh @ 2009-01-07 19:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List
Christopher Faylor wrote:
> screen uses ptys. ptys are equivalent to CYGWIN=tty.
>
> We really don't guarantee that pure Windows applications will work with
> ptys.
>
> cgf
---
Aw gee...but you overcome worse limitations in windows...
I figured 'walk-on-air' was the next logical step after you got
the 'walk-on-water' syscall to work...
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* Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin
2009-01-07 19:42 ` cmd.exe from Cygwin Linda Walsh
@ 2009-01-07 20:06 ` Christopher Faylor
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From: Christopher Faylor @ 2009-01-07 20:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List
On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 11:41:02AM -0800, Linda Walsh wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>screen uses ptys. ptys are equivalent to CYGWIN=tty. We really don't
>>guarantee that pure Windows applications will work with ptys.
>
>Aw gee...but you overcome worse limitations in windows... I figured
>'walk-on-air' was the next logical step after you got the
>'walk-on-water' syscall to work...
I actually vaguely discussed a way to do this fairly recently in the
mintty thread.
cgf
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