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Re: export CYGWIN=tty
> Larry, Daniel,
>
> I don't routinely use the "tty" option of the CYGWIN variable, but when
> I've experimented with it, I've seen symptoms like those reported by
Daniel
> if I set the tty option after a shell is started and then run a program
> such as Vim that changes the tty modes. When the program exits, it appears
> the shell reestablishes tty modes unaware that CYGWIN has had tty added to
> it and those modes are inappropriate in that case (in particular, echoing
> is disabled, as Daniel reported).
Indeed - this is probably why the users guide explicitly states that the tty
variable must be set before starting cygwin. On boot is my preference.
Gareth
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