On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 05:50:08PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >Right. I did manage to get setup access to its parent console's stdout by >compiling setup as a console application instead of a windowed one. Once >setup knows that it doesn't need to print out a message, it calls >FreeConsole(). > >This works from both a bash console window and an xterm/pty. One >unpleasant side effect of this is that a console window flashes briefly >and disappears when setup is started from a shortcut.
I think that this behavior is rediscovered every time this issue comes up. No, a flashing black window is not acceptable. A usage window is the way to go. Isn't this all in the archives? cgf
