From: EPA@datcon.co.uk (Edward Avis) Subject: RE: Escape sequences 12 Jun 1998 11:46:59 -0700 Message-ID: To: "'vtailor@gte.net'" , "'gnu-win32@cygnus.com'" >>The problem is that many "badly behaved" applications which access the >>screen "directly" (and not just DOS programs; native Win32 text-mode >>things do it too) will not display in such windows. >> >>Any alternative to the Microsoft Command Prompt window would have to >>provide support for such programs. > >I think you are confused here. First of all, `real' Dos programs would >launch into their own _separate_ Microsoft console window, and will not >be the concern of the cygwinbxx.dll. In fact, the Microsoft console >standard, in which programs overlay each other in one window, will go >away, to be replaced by Unix-style separate windows for each launched >application. Sorry, I didn't mean graphics programs; I meant _text-based_ DOS programs which access the screen directly. It would be a real nuisance if they kept coming up in separate windows. -- Ed Avis - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".