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Re: New run version with patches for Windows 7
On Aug 9 09:42, Charles Wilson wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
> > Actually, it turned out that the entire FreeConsole/AttachConsole
> > stuff is entirely unnecessary. I have a solution now which apparently
> > works for all OSes and it's really very simple. What I didn't realize
> > is that run.exe as a GUI application has no console attached. Thus,
> > only the child application started from run gets a hidden console
> > created by Cygwin. As a result there's some code unnecessary in
> > run.exe. The child process gets now simply started without console
> > window at all, which in turn results in Cygwin creating the console for
> > the child.
> >
> > New patch below.
>
> ...which only works if run is compiled under cygwin 1.7, not if it is
> compiled as a native app or under cygwin 1.5. I guess it's up to
> Alexander (or his replacement, if adoption is necessary)...
It also works under Cygwin 1.5. Why do we need a mingw version?
> You've basically come around to proposing what Andy said in his first reply.
That's right. After all, it's the most simple approch for the problem.
Corinna
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