Re: changing make-process to use the new ConPTY API

2020-07-05 Thread George Oliver
Thanks Eli, I think this sets me on the right track. I have a Mingw-64 toolchain setup; I used to use Mingw until I stopped making 32 bit builds on my system. I've never compiled Emacs so that's where I'll start. I'm curious to know if Emacs Windows release binaries typically are cross-compiled? I

changing make-process to use the new ConPTY API

2020-07-05 Thread George Oliver
hello, I am looking for general guidance/feedback on the possibility of changing make-process in src/process.c to use the new Windows ConPTY (released in recent Windows 10 updates). For reference see https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-command-line-introducing-the-windows-pseudo-con