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From: "David Smiley @MITRE.org" <DSMILEY AT mitre DOT org>
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Subject: Re: rxvt ctrl-c killing process
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Mintty is even better (thanks Sven) but suffers from the same problem as An=
dy
is pointing out.  It's odd that when using Cygwin's default terminal
(whatever that thing is) that ctrl-C works there but not in mintty.  Any
work-arounds/alternatives?

~ David


Andy Koppe wrote:
>=20
> Sven K=C3=B6hler:
>> David Smiley:
>>> I have been fed-up with the default GUI shell on Cygwin, being used to
>>> the
>>> great Terminal that comes with Mac OS X. =C2=A0Some googling around unc=
overed
>>> that I should try "rxvt". =C2=A0My experience with rxvt is pretty good,=
 after
>>> reading online some basic configuration tips. =C2=A0But unfortunately I=
've
>>> come
>>> across a deal-breaker and I'm not sure exactly what the culprit is. =C2=
=A0If
>>> I
>>> run a java program from rxvt and control-C it (i.e. SIGINT) then it
>>> seems to
>>> kill -9 it instead of letting the program catch the signal to terminate.
>>> =C2=A0I
>>> found a quickie Java code sample online that anyone can quickly compile
>>> and
>>> try for themselves:
>>> =C2=A0http://waelchatila.com/2006/01/13/1137143896635.html
>>> save to CtrlC.java then type "javac CtrlC" then "java -cp . CtrlC" =C2=
=A0 and
>>> then hit ctrl-c. =C2=A0It works properly in Cygwin's default GUI shell =
but
>>> not
>>> rxvt.
>>>
>>> I *did* try searching the lists but didn't really find a resolution.
>>
>> Please install mintty (via Cygwin setup).
>=20
> I'm afraid that won't help with this issue. All a terminal does when
> Ctrl+C is pressed is write a ^C character to its pseudo terminal
> device (pty), and it's the pty driver that handles it (depending on
> the pty's settings): Cygwin processes are sent a SIGINT signal, but
> Windows processes such as Java are terminated outright.
>=20
> Andy
>=20
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