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non-Cygwin console programs in a Cygwin console; will it ever be made to work ?
- To: "'cygwin at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: non-Cygwin console programs in a Cygwin console; will it ever be made to work ?
- From: David Beales <David dot Beales at seagatesoftware dot com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 03:24:13 -0800
I notice in the FAQ
* tty and pseudo-tty devices. For now, ttys default to off because taking
over the console causes problems with using non-Cygwin console programs in a
Cygwin console. To turn it on, set the environment variable CYGWIN32 to
include "tty". *
Will this problem with ttys ever be fixed ? Are there any workarounds for
the problem ? Since I want really to use an xterm ( from the cygwin xfree86
port ) to start and run some Windows console programs, which hang at the
moment when I try and start them ( xterm can only use ttys ), but work fine
when I am on the console using cygwin with conin.
Dave
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