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Re: NTEmacs shell/CygWin: should control-C work?


>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Barclay <Daniel.Barclay@digitalfocus.com> writes:

  Daniel> If I've missed this in the FAQ, user's manual, or (poorly searchable)
  Daniel> archives, please point me to what I've missed.  

  Daniel> In a shell buffer in NTEmacs configured per the shell-setup instructions 
  Daniel> in the CygWin FAQ at http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/faq/faq.html#SEC5, 
  Daniel> control-C doesn't seem to work.

  Daniel> That is, typing two control-C's in Emacs (to send a control-C to bash) 
  Daniel> doesn't kill a long-running command (e.g., like "du /" or "sleep 10").  

  Daniel> Emacs does seem to flash the window title bar, but I can't tell what it's 
  Daniel> trying to indicate.  Does this seem to be an NTEmacs/CygWin interaction
  Daniel> problem, or just an NTEmacs problem (not for the CygWin list)?

  Daniel> Is control-C still supported in CygWin and between NTEmacs and CygWin?  (I 
  Daniel> just upgraded from CygWin B20 (or so), and not yet used to how things work
  Daniel> now.)

This bites me several times a day.  It is a known problem, but I don't
know what the status on a fix is.  I will be very glad to see it.

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