ptys - I give up

2013-07-26 Thread Christopher Faylor
It has been suggested here a couple of times that it might be a good idea for Cygwin to fill out the block that it sends to subprocesses with information that fools msvcrt programs into thinking that its ptys are really consoles. Back in 2010, there was a flurry of discussion that I shot down,

Re: ptys - I give up

2013-07-26 Thread Daniel Colascione
On 7/25/2013 11:13 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: It has been suggested here a couple of times that it might be a good idea for Cygwin to fill out the block that it sends to subprocesses with information that fools msvcrt programs into thinking that its ptys are really consoles. My suggestion

Re: ptys - I give up

2013-07-26 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:44:32PM -0700, Daniel Colascione wrote: On 7/25/2013 11:13 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: It has been suggested here a couple of times that it might be a good idea for Cygwin to fill out the block that it sends to subprocesses with information that fools msvcrt programs

Re: ptys - I give up

2013-07-26 Thread Daniel Colascione
On 7/26/2013 8:27 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:44:32PM -0700, Daniel Colascione wrote: Ugly, only half-implemented, but better: a hook-based pseudoconsole system for Windows. This is what I was holding out for. The last time it came up here, people seemed

Re: ptys - I give up

2013-07-26 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jul 26 09:21, Daniel Colascione wrote: On 7/26/2013 8:27 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:44:32PM -0700, Daniel Colascione wrote: Ugly, only half-implemented, but better: a hook-based pseudoconsole system for Windows. This is what I was holding out for.

Re: ptys - I give up

2013-07-26 Thread Daniel Colascione
On 7/26/2013 9:35 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Jul 26 09:21, Daniel Colascione wrote: On 7/26/2013 8:27 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:44:32PM -0700, Daniel Colascione wrote: Ugly, only half-implemented, but better: a hook-based pseudoconsole system for Windows.

Re: ptys - I give up

2013-07-26 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jul 26 09:55, Daniel Colascione wrote: On 7/26/2013 9:35 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Jul 26 09:21, Daniel Colascione wrote: On 7/26/2013 8:27 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:44:32PM -0700, Daniel Colascione wrote: Ugly, only half-implemented, but better: a

Re: ptys - I give up

2013-07-26 Thread Daniel Colascione
On 7/26/2013 10:10 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Jul 26 09:55, Daniel Colascione wrote: On 7/26/2013 9:35 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Jul 26 09:21, Daniel Colascione wrote: On 7/26/2013 8:27 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:44:32PM -0700, Daniel Colascione wrote:

Re: ptys - I give up

2013-07-26 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 02:13:34AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: It has been suggested here a couple of times that it might be a good idea for Cygwin to fill out the block that it sends to subprocesses with information that fools msvcrt programs into thinking that its ptys are really consoles.

Re: ptys - I give up

2013-07-26 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jul 26 10:24, Daniel Colascione wrote: On 7/26/2013 10:10 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Jul 26 09:55, Daniel Colascione wrote: In Windows 8, the implementation is completely different. There, console handles are real kernel objects. Really? That's entirely new to me. Do you