> Try the below patches. They make a workable screen on my system. > > I even get a screen that I can attach and detach if I comment out > the '#define NAMEDPIPE 1' in config.h before building.
OK, I'll look at these. This is a smaller set than the one I was looking for that Lapo found, which allow screen to build successfully but seem to produce a buggy screen, including some detach/attach problems. > This is necessary because, unfortunately, cygwin's implementation of > fifos is not yet complete although screen thinks it is. So the > semi-working fifo seems to confuse detach/attach. > > I'm not sure how you'd proceduralize the building of screen such that > configure would avoid using fifos. I guess the only way to do it is > to patch the configure script to avoid using fifos under cygwin. Or > always edit config.h after configure... No problem, either of those or one or two other ways would work. Thanks, Andrew.