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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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  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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