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Re: NTEmacs shell/CygWin: should control-C work?


>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Barclay <Daniel.Barclay@digitalfocus.com> writes:
  Daniel> "David M. Karr" wrote:
  >> 
  >> >>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Barclay <Daniel.Barclay@digitalfocus.com> writes:
  >> 
  ...> 
  Daniel> In a shell buffer in NTEmacs configured per the shell-setup instructions
  Daniel> in the CygWin FAQ at http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/faq/faq.html#SEC5,
  Daniel> control-C doesn't seem to work.
  Daniel> ...
  >> This bites me several times a day.  It is a known problem...

  Daniel> Do you mean it's a known problem that crops up (for some people), or that
  Daniel> it simply doesn't work at all (for anyone combining Emacs and CygWin)?

I don't know the full answer to that.  For me, certain shell processes
will die with ^C, some will not.  I can kill "java", but I can't kill
"tail -f" or "perl" (I have to use Task Manager).  I have seen other
people report this.

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