Mail Archives: cygwin-apps/2001/11/08/19:25:13
Roger!
>From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
>Reply-To: cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com
>To: cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com
>Subject: Re: cygwin, screen, my patches
>Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:05:18 -0500
>
>I hate to say this, but this is not reall off-topic for this
>mailing list.
>
>It's one thing to ask if screen could be a package but continued
>discussion about screen porting should go to cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>until such time as it is an actual package.
>
>cgf
>
>On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 03:52:30PM -0500, Roth, Kevin P. wrote:
> >Ruf:
> >
> >Thanks for the Cygwin patch. I tried building in a sub-directory from
> >the source, and uncovered a tiny issue with osdef.sh. Here's a patch for
> >that:
> >
> >--- osdef.sh.orig Thu Nov 8 14:53:48 2001
> >+++ osdef.sh Thu Nov 8 14:52:27 2001
> >@@ -64,3 +64,3 @@
> > fi
> >-if eval test "`diff osdef.h osdef.h.in | wc -l`" -eq 4; then
> >+if eval test "`diff osdef.h $srcdir/osdef.h.in | wc -l`" -eq 4; then
> > echo " Hmm, sed is very pessimistic about your system header files."
> >
> >
> >Also, I'm having a bit of difficulty figuring out how to get more than
> >25 lines to show up consistently. I built screen with all defaults
> >accepted (after patching of course), and tried running it. I get a
> >properly sized screen, with all 40+ lines useable, however "stty -a" now
> >reports only 25 lines, instead of the 40+ I usually have my DOS/cygwin
> >window set to (I'm on win2k if that matters).
> >AND, If I try running 'vi .screenrc', it only uses 25 lines, and when I
> >quit vi, I'm stuck with only 25 usable lines, until I run 'resize'.
> >
> >I'm sure this is a common problem, however I'm wondering if you (Ruf)
> >have dealt with it under cygwin, and if so, whether you have a
> >suggestion?
> >
> >(please respond off the cygwin-apps list on the second point, if you
> >have any response)
> >
> >--Kevin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Ruf Ruf [mailto:ruf_ruff AT hotmail DOT com]
> >Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:03 PM
> >To: guckes-screen AT math DOT fu-berlin DOT de
> >Cc: cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com
> >Subject: cygwin, screen, my patches
> >
> >
> >Sven,
> >
> >Great job on screen, I can't believe I didn't find out about this
> >package
> >until recently! Anyways, I find myself at a job where I'm stuck on an NT
> >
> >box. Naturally the next best thing one can do is install cygwin. Cygwin
> >doesn't distribute screen. I've sent some notes to the cygwin-apps
> >mailing
> >list, and I've volunteered for the job of package maintainer for screen
> >on
> >Cygwin.
> >
> >There are a couple of ways I can go about this. One way is to submit my
> >patches to you, and then screen would compile out of the box on cygwin
> >for
> >anybody. Another way is for me to use my patches in the framework
> >established for cygwin apps. Seems to me the better way is to submit the
> >
> >patches to you directly, and then you can create a new version with
> >these
> >patches. Or perhaps at the least, you can approve/disapprove of the
> >patches
> >and I can fix them if you see a problem. I've based my changes on
> >screen-3.9.10
> >
> >I'm including my patches in a tarball for your perusal. See the included
> >
> >README for details of the changes I made. Let me know what you think,
> >and
> >again, great job on a very cool utility!
> >
> >Note: I have not thoroughly tested screen, but I've used it daily
> >without any problems (NT4sp6).
> >
> >screen-3.9.10-1.tgz:
> >
> >README - description of changes made
> >screen-3.9.10-1.patch - my patches, of course =]
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
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>--
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