On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 05:29:05PM +0100, Thorsten Kampe wrote: >* Christopher Faylor (Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:59:26 -0500) >> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 04:40:35PM +0100, Thorsten Kampe wrote: >> >[latest Cygwin DLL and all updates] >> > >> >Hi, >> > >> >I cannot suspend applications (like Midnight Commander) in a running >> >shell (bash or Zsh) - nothing happens. Nevertheless when I run mc (for >> >instance) in screen session then it works as expected: >> > >> >% mc ~ >> > >> >[1] + 5752 suspended mc >> >% >> > >> >I vaguely remember that it used to be possible to suspend applications >> >from a standard shell... Can anyone shed some light on this issue? >> >> Try using mintty or rxvt. You can't suspend processes running in a console >> window (like CMD) unless they are waiting for input. > >You are right. But why does it work when I first start screen and then - >say - Midnight Commander? Process Explorer doesn't show screen as parent >process.
Because screen != "a console window (like CMD)". cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
