From: papilla@cs.tamu.edu (Benoit Papillault) Subject: Re: Escape sequences 10 Jun 1998 05:51:12 -0700 Message-ID: References: <199806090529.AAA22121@smtp2.mailsrvcs.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: vtailor@gte.net Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com On Tue, 9 Jun 1998 vtailor@gte.net wrote: > But, I don't think that you are going far enough. I don't see why the > cygnus terminal should be grafted onto the Microsoft Dos console window, > with all of its known and documented limitations. I did a demonstration > project on this subject, involving porting the Unix slrn news reader to > a homegrown Dos stdio library. (The latest compressed executable should > still be found in the Usenet `alt.binaries.news-server-comparison' news > group, and will run on all versions of Windows from W3.x and up to the > latest NT.) > > That homegrown Dos window has the advantage of being a `true' Windows > application, which means it can be subclassed, and it can use, e. g., > asynchronous winsocket calls. It is a trivial job to add the other Dos > window functionality, such as copy-and-paste and font selection, to this > window. And, it still is possible to launch `Dos' applications from the > window, which naturally execute in the Microsoft console. Do you mean that you have made a replacement to that "unresizable" DOS Windows? Really! I am interested in , could you give us an ftp or http location where I can find you work? (never head about alt.binaries.news-server-comparison, my news server neither....) Benoit Papillault - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".