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Re: rxvt for cygwin64?


On 24/12/2015 19:11, cyg Simple wrote:
On 12/24/2015 3:27 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:


Is there any plan to port rxvt to cygwin64?

no plan.
rxvt is dead upstream, and rxvt without X is a hell and without
a maintainer by long time


Uhm not really a hell but is troublesome.  You need to build the windows
X emulation pieces first.  The fact that upstream maintenance is dead
will be a bigger issue.  There may need to be items you need to deal
with at the 64bit level.

mintty is a much better solution and with an active maintainer


Your opinion on the bike shed color but the fact that there is active
development is a plus.

As mintty is the default is a bit more than my preferred bike color.

No one is maintaining "rxvt without X" or trying to port it on 64bit
so it seems to me a clear indication of a hell of issue.

Feel free to work on it, anyway

Regards
Marco







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