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Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 12:10:03 -0800 (PST)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject: Re: getc() problem with Cygwin v1.0
To: Dtcohen AT aol DOT com, fusz AT cadlab DOT tu-berlin DOT de
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--- Dtcohen AT aol DOT com wrote:
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> Yes, using gets() or fgets() for a small program would work better, but
> the real problem is that canonical mode is broken for v1.0 (the man
> page for "termio" explains this in detail, but it basically means getc(stdin)
> should block until a carriage return is entered).  Canonical mode also
> allows the user to backspace over his mistakes -- which also doesn't work
> with v1.0.
> 
> Pre-compiled programs distributed with Cygwin v1.0 such as bc.exe, dc.exe,
> etc all rely on canonical mode.  It is especially annoying to not be able
> to backspace over my mistakes with dc.exe -- I have to kill the program
> each time and start over.  Even if I were to modify the souce code to
> replace getc(stdin) with fgets(...), I still wouldn't be able to backspace...
> 
> And for that matter, you can't backspace with sh.exe, either.  I can't
> believe I'm the first person to notice this.
> 
> Hey Cygnus, are you reading this?  Is there any way we can fix canonical
> mode for v1.0?
> 

Uhm... you've got something not set correctly.  What is your TERM variable set
to?  It should read TERM=cygwin.  A paste of the output of `cygcheck -s -v -r'
would be helpful.


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