Message-ID: <437AB5A3.3040004@ateb.com> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:29:23 -0500 From: Reid Thompson User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Terry Dabbs Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Making the command console stay on top References: <14CEE0B69DBDFC41A192613D8B4098CA02AD0324@XCH-CORP.staktek.com> In-Reply-To: <14CEE0B69DBDFC41A192613D8B4098CA02AD0324@XCH-CORP.staktek.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Terry Dabbs wrote: >I have an application written and compiled using gcc and ncurses (for >the colors), in the cygwin environment. This application gets >information from a database, and displays it to an operator running a >machine telling them what program to input (among other things). > >The problem is that when they go to enter the program name, the console >window immediately falls behind that of the application they are >entering the data into, and they can't read it. > >I'm using a shortcut to start this, and the level of display of the >window is not one of the options. Does anyone (that will answer) know a >way to start this window with the attributes needed so it will not be >covered when another application is touched by the mouse? > >Thanks, > >Terry Dabbs > >-- >Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > are you displaying the ncurses app in a standard cygwin terminal window, a native windows rxvt window, or an X windows window? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/