From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: MinTTY "vs" rxvt (was Re: MinTTY 0.3.3)
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:45:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090112003814.GD21040@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <gkdvio$6ri$1@ger.gmane.org>
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 04:32:40PM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
> Charles Wilson wrote:
>> Later, if there is enough demand (complaints?) I can look at creating
>> rxvt-W (with an alternate XAPPRES name) that is windows-only (maybe with
>> the external libW11, maybe just like at present with the builtin libW11)
>> -- but no split-personality.
> How about creating a rxvt-W that uses Window's style console I/O instead of
> a pty? (I have no idea of how difficult or simple that might be).
If it was even moderately difficult I would have just implemented ptys
using console I/O long ago. Microsoft doesn't want you to use consoles
for much and it shows.
cgf
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-12 0:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-11 4:56 pedantic/misled/confused/passive-aggressive " Christopher Faylor
2009-01-11 9:17 ` Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
2009-01-11 20:53 ` MinTTY "vs" rxvt " Charles Wilson
2009-01-11 22:18 ` Andy Koppe
2009-01-11 23:33 ` Charles Wilson
2009-01-12 0:37 ` Andrew DeFaria
2009-01-12 0:45 ` Christopher Faylor [this message]
2009-01-12 0:42 ` Christopher Faylor
2009-01-12 5:14 ` Paul McFerrin
2009-01-12 12:35 ` Andy Koppe
2009-01-12 16:34 ` cgf
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