Re: Cannot get ^Z to suspend a program

[Rolf Campbell]

linda w (cyg) wrote:

Perhaps silly question, but, why not?

Cygwin cannot control how windows programs handle CTRL+Z.

I have programs that seem to intercept keyboard keys for use as "hotkeys".
Couldn't cygwin do something similar?

curious...
-linda

Sure, but those programs hook the key(s) in a global fashion, not just from individual programs. So, Cygwin could hook the Ctrl+Z key, but what would it do then, how would it know which process to suspend?

I'm not sure that cygwin could 'suspend' a non-cygwin process even if it wanted to.



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