Console doesn't work correctly under anything else than cmd or mintty

[Brian Inglis]

On 2020-05-15 22:58, Takashi Yano via Cygwin wrote:
> On Fri, 15 May 2020 14:57:14 -0600
> Brian Inglis wrote:
>>> cygcheck -k
>>
>> This key check works only in a console window, _NOT_ in a terminal session!
>> Abort with Ctrl+C if in a terminal session.
> 
> Now cygcheck -k works in pty in a limited way due to pseudo
> console support if the OS is Win10 1809 or later.

But the results are not comparable: under mintty <Backspace>q gives:

$ cygcheck -k

This key check works only in a console window, _NOT_ in a terminal session!
Abort with Ctrl+C if in a terminal session.

Press 'q' to exit.
Pressed  1x VK: 0x0048 VS: 0x0023 C: 0x0008 CTRL: -- -- -- LC -- -- -- -- --
Released 1x VK: 0x0048 VS: 0x0023 C: 0x0008 CTRL: -- -- -- LC -- -- -- -- --
Released 1x VK: 0x0011 VS: 0x001d C: 0x0000 CTRL: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pressed  1x VK: 0x0051 VS: 0x003c C: 0x0071 CTRL: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Released 1x VK: 0x0051 VS: 0x003c C: 0x0071 CTRL: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

whereas under cmd we see:

 > cygcheck -k

This key check works only in a console window, _NOT_ in a terminal session!
Abort with Ctrl+C if in a terminal session.

Press 'q' to exit.
Released 1x VK: 0x0008 VS: 0x000e C: 0x0008 CTRL: -- -- -- -- NL -- -- -- --
Pressed  1x VK: 0x0051 VS: 0x0010 C: 0x0071 CTRL: -- -- -- -- NL -- -- -- --
Released 1x VK: 0x0051 VS: 0x0010 C: 0x0071 CTRL: -- -- -- -- NL -- -- -- --

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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