Good morning Takashi. Thank you so much for your response. I just tried:
env CYGWIN=disable_pcon emacs-q and cmd input/output works again. I'll now need to document this for our team and seek out what this does. Kind regards, -Randy On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 5:08 PM Takashi Yano <takashi.y...@nifty.ne.jp> wrote: > On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 15:45:36 -0700 > Randy Galbraith via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote: > > Hi Everyone. > > > > Please note: I attempted to post this message from my work > > email. I do not believe it every arrived. > > > > My long used work flow has recently stopped working. I'm trying to > > understand why and how it could be resolved. The failing steps are: > > > > Cygwin64 Terminal (bash prompt) > > startx -- :1 -multiwindow -clipboard & > > xterm > > emacs -q > > M-x shell > > $ cmd > > > > I expect to get a Windows 10 command prompt that works. Instead the shell > > buffer display cmd output incorrectly formatted (e.g. extra white space) > > and when I type a command like dir it freezes. > > > > I suspect this may be an issue related to a recent Windows 10 update > > that in turn has changed the way cmd interacts with Cygwin bash and > > Emacs. I have completed a re-install to the latest version (as of > > 2/1/2021). Alas, this did not resolve the problem. > > > > ** details ** > > $ uname -r > > 3.1.7(0.340/5/3) > > GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-cygwin, GTK+ Version 3.22.28) > > of 2020-10-29 > > ** details end ** > > > > See below for *shell* buffer and cygcheck output. > > > > Kind regards, > > -Randy Galbraith > > > > ** *shell* buffer ** > > ^[]0;~^G > > xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx ~ > > $ cmd > > <snip malformed output> > > > > $ Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.1697] > > (c) 2018 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > > > C:\cygwin64\home\xxxxxxxxx>dir > > dir > > ^ frozen at this point > > ** *shell* buffer end ** > > Please try latest cygwin snapshot. > https://cygwin.com/snapshots/ > > Or > env CYGWIN=disable_pcon emacs -q > instead of just > emacs -q > > -- > Takashi Yano <takashi.y...@nifty.ne.jp> > -- 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
