From: Csaba Raduly <rcsaba@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 08:29:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTinTa7vJ6QuwOAE-fo60xcwkS5aVXg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110509161028.GJ27739@calimero.vinschen.de>
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 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?
Ever since I figured out how to configure rxvt to put the scrollbar on
the right, I haven't used the "run bash from cmd.exe" console.
Nowadays, for Cygwin I use mintty exclusively.
Sometimes I run C:\cygwin17\bin\grep from the Windows prompt, but
that's not affected by CYGWIN=tty, right?
Anyway, I haven't had the CYGWIN env.var set for years, and never missed it.
>
> Please enlighten us, otherwise we will just rip out this terminal mode
> for good.
What would that gain ? Would it speed up the rest of the code? Would
the rest of the code become cleaner, easier to understand/maintain?
Csaba
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-10 8:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-09 16:11 Corinna Vinschen
2011-05-09 16:21 ` Henry S. Thompson
2011-05-09 16:34 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-05-09 17:37 ` Henry S. Thompson
2011-05-10 8:56 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-05-10 1:42 ` rifter rifter
2011-05-09 16:32 ` Andrew Schulman
2011-05-09 16:40 ` Edward Lam
2011-05-09 17:03 ` Ken Brown
2011-05-09 20:00 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-05-09 20:06 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-05-09 17:41 ` Lee Maschmeyer
2011-05-09 17:52 ` Samuel Thibault
2011-05-09 20:05 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-05-09 20:23 ` Samuel Thibault
2011-05-10 14:09 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-05-10 14:59 ` Andy Koppe
2011-05-10 13:39 ` Lee Maschmeyer
2011-05-10 15:36 ` Charles Wilson
2011-05-10 16:45 ` Lee Maschmeyer
2011-05-09 21:14 ` Karl M
2011-05-09 21:39 ` Jeremy Bopp
2011-05-09 22:27 ` Thomas Wolff
2011-05-09 23:18 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-05-10 2:30 ` Claude Sylvain
2011-05-10 8:29 ` Csaba Raduly [this message]
2011-05-10 9:02 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-05-10 13:38 ` Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
2011-05-10 17:19 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-05-10 17:50 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-05-10 22:12 ` Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
2011-05-10 22:17 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-05-10 14:51 ` Bernhard Ege
2011-05-10 14:58 ` Jeremy Bopp
2011-06-08 19:30 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-05-10 21:18 Len Giambrone
2011-05-11 6:35 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-05-11 10:12 ` David Antliff
2011-05-11 15:02 ` Edward Lam
2011-05-11 15:40 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-05-11 16:00 ` Edward Lam
2011-05-11 16:00 ` Andy Koppe
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