> >From: "L. A. Walsh" <cygwin at tlinx dot org> > >Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 15:52:42 -0700 > > To L.A. Walsh. > > I understand all that but what i'm saying is that version 1.06 (not > 1.06.95, which cygwin is using, but 1.06, which Gow uses), So, version > 1.06 Doesn't have a problem with the fact that cmd sends a \r So, > if one doesn't want to call it a bug, then one can call it a lost > feature, useful feature of 1.06 (allowing bc to conveniently also be > used from cmd), and that beneficial flexible feature was lost in > 1.06.95
Hi. I adopted the bc package about a year ago, since fish uses it and I maintain fish for Cygwin. I think L.A. is right that because this is an issue of integration between Cygwin and cmd, it's in the category of a nice-to-have feature. But I get that it would be useful for you, and maybe for others too. I haven't looked at the bc source code. It could take some time to find where the issue is. A place to start would be to compare the code archives: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bc/bc-1.06.tar.gz http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/bc/bc-1.06.95.tar.bz2 If you were to localize the problem in the source code and even propose a patch, that would make it a lot more likely to get the problem fixed. Heck, you might even get a gold star. I maintain the gold star page too :) Andrew -- 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
