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RE: Possible bug? Re: Strange behaviour when closing cygwin


> From: Jonadab the Unsightly One [mailto:jonadab@bright.net]
> 
> # >>>Once pressed the key sequence seems to get
> # >>>stored and is only
> # >>
> # >>It's a W2K "feature" which is related to starting Cygwin 
> via a batch
> # >>file.  You can't change that AFAIK.
> # 
> # You can generalize Corinna's message from W2K to Windows.  
> # It's a Windows feature.
> 
> I'm using Cygwin (just got the latest version this week, 
> but I had a slightly earlier version since earlier this 
> year) on Windows 95 OSR 2 and have never experienced this 
> probem at any time.  I can start a bash shell, press 
> ctrl-c any number of times I like in whatever circumstances 
> I want, and then type logout and the bash window vanishes
> forthwith, sans passing go or collecting $200.

It all depends on whether you have "notty" or "tty" in the 
CYGWIN environment variable.  With "notty" set, it seems that
the ^C is passed through to the underlying batch cmd processor.

Kevin

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