On 2020-03-17 12:44, jsteifel wrote: > I have been a cygwin user since 2005. I have found it has saved me on a > windows system. I am an Oracle DBA, and working on *Nix has been my thing > until companies stopped providing workstations. So cygwin has been it. > > My last update of cygwin was in 2014, so I am quite behind in updates. I > pushed this out to over 300 systems I manage (all windows now). I built an > automated install, and it does what I want. More recently startring with Win > server 2016 , and now 2019 when using X I get a CMD window accompanying it > that doesn't close. And with being outdated, it was time to upgrade. I also > wanted iconv. > > So I decide to build a fresh install, for the latest as of 3 weeks ago > (3/2/2020). Most everything is fine, but when using sqlplus either in an > xterm or in mintty my control U (KILL) does not get fired off in sqlplus. > This always worked in the past. I have played with stty for days it seems, > and cannot get sqlplus to kill the current line. > > I have taken the approach of building a new test box, and installing the old > version of 2014 cygwin release. It does work with sqlplus. I then tried > upgrading but not all pieces, but now it's back to Kill not working. I have > set -o vi, set raw... I'm still at a loss for how to get it to pass through. > It works in my shell (btw mksh), not bash. > > I think with the new cygwin, maybe there is some protection between apps > going on, that was not in place back in 2014. but that is just a guess, > not from any knowledge. > > Does anyone have the same problem, or have a solution. I don't expect other > editor commands to work, but this one command is so useful, in clearing out > a garbage line.
I think you now need to install winpty to handle Windows programs running in a pty under mintty; check http://mintty.github.io/ and https://github.com/mintty/mintty/wiki/Tips -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
