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

[dkarr at tcsi dot com (David M. Karr)]

>>>>> "Larry" == Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) <lhall@rfk.com> writes:
  Larry> At 02:51 PM 1/12/2001, David M. Karr wrote:
  >> >>>>> "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.

  Larry> Recently?  Daniel's was the first report of this I've heard in months at
  Larry> least (longer than that most likely but I tend to be conservative when it
  Larry> comes to my memory).  I might be wrong but I don't think this is a known
  Larry> problem and its certainly something that I don't see.

Earnie Boyd indicated on 9/26 it was "fixed in snapshots", but I've
never seen any mention of a released fix for it.  I recently upgraded
my cygwin (1-2 weeks ago), so if the fix was there, I should have it
(but I don't).

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