On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 07:37:35PM +0100, Dr.D.J.Picton wrote: >By 'normal' input I meant the 'dumb' input to programs which >issue simple terminal reads, e.g. cat or ftp (as opposed to shells which >do complex line editing.) I'll refer to this type of input as >'simple' input. For example, if I create a file using the cat command: > >cat > test > >the line editing facilities are very limited. I find I can't reposition the >cursor using the arrow keys. This moves the cursor, but the cursor key >escape sequences are stored in the file!
i.e., "Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows" >Another thing I've noticed is that stty echoctl is set in an xterm session, but >it doesn't actually seem to do anything. I would expect control characters >to be echoed in 'caret' notation in simple input (e.g. ^a for control-A), and >on other systems I find this very useful because it lets me know when I'm >entering control characters. Is this a known limitation of the terminal >emulation under Cygwin? Yes. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
