RE: Cannot get ^Z to suspend a program

2003-02-12 Thread linda w \(cyg\)
> Job control and signals for Cygwin processes are areas pretty > internal to Cygwin. they are also pretty complex. IMO, it's > hard to talk much about adding some feature to them without the > context of what's already there. If you can put your suggestions > in that context, I expect you'

RE: Cannot get ^Z to suspend a program

2003-02-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Cannot get ^Z to suspend a program > 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

RE: Cannot get ^Z to suspend a program

2003-02-11 Thread linda w \(cyg\)
> 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

RE: Cannot get ^Z to suspend a program

2003-02-10 Thread Rolf Campbell
Campbell > Subject: RE: Cannot get ^Z to suspend a program > > > But why can Cygwin kill the program when you type CTRL+C? > > > -Original Message- > From: Rolf Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 5:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Cannot get ^Z to suspend a program

2003-02-10 Thread 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) i

RE: Cannot get ^Z to suspend a program

2003-02-10 Thread linda w \(cyg\)
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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simpl

Re: Cannot get ^Z to suspend a program

2003-02-10 Thread Rolf Campbell
Samir Gupta wrote: thanks for the reply: I was trying to use CTRL-Z after opening up a windows program (such as emacs -- the windows version or excel) Cygwin cannot control how windows programs handle CTRL+Z. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting:

Re: Cannot get ^Z to suspend a program

2003-02-10 Thread Samir Gupta
thanks for the reply: I was trying to use CTRL-Z after opening up a windows program (such as emacs -- the windows version or excel) Suspend will work if I perform it on the sleep command. 1> sleep 20 Suspended 2> Why won't it suspend If I type the following: 1> emacs & [1] 1668 2> emacs The f

Re: Cannot get ^Z to suspend a program

2003-02-10 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 10:26:36AM -0800, Samir Gupta wrote: >I am using cygwin under windows xp pro and under windows 2000 pro, and >cannot get the ^Z to suspend a program that I have opened. note that I >normally use tcsh, but I also experience the same problem using bash... Can't duplicate it