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Re: request for new feature
On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
> > /* we must build this string with information about mount points */
> > const char* command = "c:\\cygwin\\usr\\x11r6\\xterm.exe -display :0.0";
>
> That line and comment are really the crux of my whole argument. It is
> simple to spawn a process. It is not necessarily so simple to use a
> non-hardcoded path to the executables
The code from cygpath has a conversion unix_path->windows_path.
>, nor is it so easy to ensure that
> zombie consoles are not created in the process.
They'll die when the xserver kills the connection. Otoh there are a lot of
options (esp. the PROCESS_GROUP things) which control such process inheritance.
> In any case, I appreciate that you at least have given others something
> to start with.
Lets see if someone builds these (in my opinion useless) things.
bye
ago
BTW: I'm waiting for the first bug report "The new-xterm menu does not work
with -query"
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