mintty screen size problem

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 6/10/2010 1:21 PM, Steven Woody wrote:
> On 11 June 2010 01:18, Larry Hall (Cygwin)
> <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com>  wrote:
>> On 6/10/2010 1:09 PM, Steven Woody wrote:
>>>
>>> On 10 June 2010 13:27, Andy Koppe<andy.koppe@gmail.com>    wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>>> The workaround is to invoke such programs through 'cygstart'.
>>>> Alternatively, the 'conin' wrapper mentioned in that thread should
>>>> work fairly well for Python.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks.  'cygstart' works, but I have to type the full path of the
>>> program that I want to run as a parameter to 'cygstart'.
>>
>> You can use 'which' to get the full path name, as long as the target is in
>> the path.
>>
>
> Yes, I can. Just feel it's not easy to use (have to type many keys).
> On the other hand, cygstart always open another window to run the
> program, it's not so decent.

That's because the Windows program you're trying to use doesn't understand
ptys and buffers its output as a result.  If you want to work around this
incompatibility, you need a console, not a tty.  'cygstart' will open a
console for any program that needs one.

At this point, some inconvenience is necessary to get the output you expect
when you expect it.  If you're curious to learn more, you can check out the
email archives where this has been discussed allot.

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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