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Re: mintty/Windows interoperability

From: Warren Young <warren at etr-usa dot com>
To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:18:17 -0600
Subject: Re: mintty/Windows interoperability
References: <AANLkTimLbuz7V2yTfJrd1e9n3d9lEZ6crMsl2v85oguM@mail.gmail.com> <20100531212927.GI18315@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4C0442DA.6010908@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <4C06C175.1070605@towo.net> <20100602210103.GA5664@ednor.casa.cgf.cx>

On 6/2/2010 3:01 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote:

It could be that there is an application
used by thousands that works well in the console window while failing
miserably under a tty/pty.

Does mintty currently work around any such problems?

If so, how hard is it to just keep finding them and working around them, in a WINE-like fashion?

If not, is that on the table, or is the answer to such problems simply "sorry about that, life is hard"?

Follow-Ups:
- Re: mintty/Windows interoperability
  - From: Christopher Faylor

References:
- mintty/Windows interoperability (was: Re: default terminal)
  - From: Thomas Wolff
- Re: mintty/Windows interoperability (was: Re: default terminal)
  - From: Christopher Faylor

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