To be more specific, while tty must be set beforehand, the web page is silent about other CYGWIN options.
Here's an example: I set codepage:oem in CYGWIN. When I run ascii, I see the correct OEM characters. Then, in the same bash shell (no rxvt), if I change CYGWIN to have codepage:ansi, I get the ANSI characters. Resetting in bash to codepage:oem gives OEM. Then if I mark, block, and copy high order characters, and then paste the high order characters onto the command line, they look just like they were when ascii displayed them, no matter what codepage is set to. if they were pasted behind echo, and then execute echo, again they look just like what they were when ascii displayed them. Doing echo x | tr x '\266' gives what character is appropriate for what codepage is set to at the time. So changing codepage in CYGWIN after a bash shell is launched can change cygwin behavior. -----Original Message----- From: Larry Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 11:03 AM To: Ross Boulet; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Text entry to command line program At 09:26 AM 2/4/2004, Ross Boulet you wrote: >> [...] >> > > Try something like: >> > > >> > > CYGWIN=notty sqlplus >> > > >> > >> > Is that saying notty for sqlplus and tty for everything else? >> [...] >> >> No, that's an interactive command line, it's not a setting of >> the CYGWIN >> variable (i.e. it's not CYGWIN="notty sqlplus"). The above >> actually launches >> sqlplus, setting the CYGWIN variable to "notty" for its process. >> >> SLao >> >Unfortunately, this does not work. I had previously tried setting CYGWIN >within a shell to no avail. I found it must be set from dos before >launching bash or ksh. Correct. Just as stated in the User's Guide: <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html> -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
