X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: jenXL62swBAWhMTL3wnej93oaS0ClBQOAKs8jbEbx_o- Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 16:00:25 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why? Message-ID: <20110509200025.GA10705@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20110509161028 DOT GJ27739 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <4DC818D3 DOT 3020602 AT sidefx DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4DC818D3.3020602@sidefx.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 12:39:47PM -0400, Edward Lam wrote: >On 5/9/2011 12:10 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> Chris and I are wondering how many people are using the Windows console >> as local console window in CYGWIN=tty mode and why. > >I'm not but there's various references to it it the web about it being >requires for Emacs. eg. >http://blog.arithm.com/2007/12/01/killing-cygwin-emacs/ I hope that >these references are outdated with Cygwin 1.7? > >The other references to it I see are about requiring tty mode for sshd. >This is also for historical reasons but I'm not sure if we still need it >in Cygwin 1.7. We have never needed tty mode for sshd. There is a web site which suggests (suggested?) it but it is mistaken. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple