From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26945 invoked by alias); 9 May 2011 16:11:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 26823 invoked by uid 22791); 9 May 2011 16:10:44 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.83/v0.83-20-g38e4449) with ESMTP; Mon, 09 May 2011 16:10:31 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 6BF4E2C0578; Mon, 9 May 2011 18:10:28 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 16:11:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why? Message-ID: <20110509161028.GJ27739@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2011-05/txt/msg00089.txt.bz2 Hi, Chris and I are wondering how many people are using the Windows console as local console window in CYGWIN=tty mode and why. Here's why we ask: We are both not sure why anybody would use it voluntarily, given that it's I/O is extremly slow, compared to using a Windows console window in the default CYGWIN=notty mode or, even better, mintty. Actually, we only keep the console tty mode up because it was "always there", 14 years or so. So, if you're using a console in tty mode, why are doing that? Did you ever notice that it's much slower? Did you ever consider to switch to mintty or any other terminal emulator instead? If not, why? Would anybody really *miss* the CYGWIN=tty mode? If so, why? What does this mode have which isn't covered by notty mode or another terminal emulator? Please enlighten us, otherwise we will just rip out this terminal mode for good. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple