Re: Fwd: octave updated to 3.4.0-3. Please test (strcat error)

2011-05-09 Thread Stephane MONTESINO
0 [main] gnuplot 5204 exception::handle: Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION 1450 [main] gnuplot 5204 open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to gnuplot.exe.stackdump This error message is not repetitive... Here are my script: perfo.sh: #!/bin/bash gnuplot -persist <../script_gnuplot/p

unknown command diff

2011-05-09 Thread retrodans
I am trying to run what is a basic diff of 2 tags in a repo, to see what changes have occurred between the 2. But whenever I attempt to in cygwin I get the below error. Is this a known issue, or do I need to set something up specially to get this working. Sorry I am newish to cygwin as use Ubunt

Re: unknown command diff

2011-05-09 Thread Václav Haisman
retrodans wrote, On 9.5.2011 13:26: > > I am trying to run what is a basic diff of 2 tags in a repo, to see what > changes have occurred between the 2. But whenever I attempt to in cygwin I > get the below error. Is this a known issue, or do I need to set something > up specially to get this wor

Re: unknown command diff

2011-05-09 Thread retrodans
diffutils appears to be there, so I went to run cygcheck for you as per the link you sent, but that doesn't appear to create a file on my c: amd just returns several warnings along the lines of: OpenService failed for This is for things such as: DcomLaunch, odserv, ose, pla,QWAVE, RpcEptMapper, R

Re: unknown command diff

2011-05-09 Thread Csaba Raduly
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 1:52 PM, retrodans wrote: > > diffutils appears to be there, so I went to run cygcheck for you as per the > link you sent, but that doesn't appear to create a file on my c: amd just > returns several warnings along the lines of: > OpenService failed for > > This is for thing

Re: unknown command diff

2011-05-09 Thread retrodans
Okay, that seems much better, for some reason the file wasn't going onto the root of c, but running it directly to desktop worked a treat, so have attached the file now. As a note, I had installed cygwin some time ago, but did not use it back then, so if a fresh re-install is required, then I can

Re: unknown command diff

2011-05-09 Thread Csaba Raduly
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 3:11 PM, retrodans wrote: > > Okay, that seems much better, for some reason the file wasn't going onto the > root of c, but running it directly to desktop worked a treat, so have > attached the file now. If you run from the command prompt, then your current directory is /ho

Re: difficulties with snapshots

2011-05-09 Thread EXCOFFIER Denis
Hello, This one is a follow-up of http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-05/msg00042.html On 2011-05-05 11:19:56 -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 10:47:39AM +0200, EXCOFFIER Denis wrote: 2) More importantly, i was not able to compile snapshots since about beginning of May, wi

Re: Re: GNU screen on Cygwin: Cannot seem to reattach, no matter what I try

2011-05-09 Thread Peter Li
On 11:59 AM, Andrew Schulman wrote: * Read /usr/share/doc/screen/README.Cygwin - there are descriptions there of known problems with reattachment. But mostly it has to do with using screen in a DOS terminal. Any suggestions from other screen users? Based on my experience, I'd add mintt

Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?

2011-05-09 Thread Corinna Vinschen
Hi, Chris and I are wondering how many people are using the Windows console as local console window in CYGWIN=tty mode and why. Here's why we ask: We are both not sure why anybody would use it voluntarily, given that it's I/O is extremly slow, compared to using a Windows console window in the d

Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?

2011-05-09 Thread Henry S. Thompson
Corinna Vinschen writes: > Chris and I are wondering how many people are using the Windows console > as local console window in CYGWIN=tty mode and why. I am one such. > Here's why we ask: > > We are both not sure why anybody would use it voluntarily, given that > it's I/O is extremly slow, comp

Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?

2011-05-09 Thread Andrew Schulman
> Chris and I are wondering how many people are using the Windows console > as local console window in CYGWIN=tty mode and why. /usr/share/doc/screen/README.Cygwin says: "In a DOS console, screen works, but in order to be able to reattach detached sessions, you must set "tty" in the CYGWIN enviro

Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?

2011-05-09 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 9 17:21, Henry S. Thompson wrote: > Corinna Vinschen writes: > > > Chris and I are wondering how many people are using the Windows console > > as local console window in CYGWIN=tty mode and why. > > I am one such. > > > Here's why we ask: > > > > We are both not sure why anybody would us

Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?

2011-05-09 Thread Edward Lam
On 5/9/2011 12:10 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: Chris and I are wondering how many people are using the Windows console as local console window in CYGWIN=tty mode and why. I'm not but there's various references to it it the web about it being requires for Emacs. eg. http://blog.arithm.com/2007/

Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?

2011-05-09 Thread Ken Brown
On 5/9/2011 12:39 PM, Edward Lam wrote: On 5/9/2011 12:10 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: Chris and I are wondering how many people are using the Windows console as local console window in CYGWIN=tty mode and why. I'm not but there's various references to it it the web about it being requires for

Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?

2011-05-09 Thread Henry S. Thompson
Corinna Vinschen writes: > On May 9 17:21, Henry S. Thompson wrote: >> Corinna Vinschen writes: >> >> > Chris and I are wondering how many people are using the Windows console >> > as local console window in CYGWIN=tty mode and why. >> >> I am one such. >> >> > Here's why we ask: >> > >> > We

Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?

2011-05-09 Thread Lee Maschmeyer
Hi all, At the risk of exciting the contempt avalanche all too pervasive in this list (never at any time by Corinna--THANKS): I'm not sure I understand the difference between the DOS console and the Windows console. And, truth to tell, I've been around here for a good long time and never hea

Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?

2011-05-09 Thread Samuel Thibault
Lee Maschmeyer, le Mon 09 May 2011 13:40:57 -0400, a écrit : > And, truth to tell, I've been around here for a good long time and > never heard of CYGWIN=notty. As I understand it, notty is already the default, so unless you have an explicit CYGWIN=tty, it's already notty. brltty does not touch a

strace swallows stderr?

2011-05-09 Thread Ryan Johnson
Hi all, It seems that when strace is running an app, that app's stderr output disappears. Is this normal/expected? The problem doesn't seem to arise if strace opens the app in a different window or sends its own output to a log file, but both of those have their disadvantages. Thanks, Ryan

Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?

2011-05-09 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 12:39:47PM -0400, Edward Lam wrote: >On 5/9/2011 12:10 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> Chris and I are wondering how many people are using the Windows console >> as local console window in CYGWIN=tty mode and why. > >I'm not but there's various references to it it the web abo

Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?

2011-05-09 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 07:52:05PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: >Lee Maschmeyer, le Mon 09 May 2011 13:40:57 -0400, a ?crit : >> And, truth to tell, I've been around here for a good long time and >> never heard of CYGWIN=notty. > >As I understand it, notty is already the default, so unless you hav

Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?

2011-05-09 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 04:00:25PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 12:39:47PM -0400, Edward Lam wrote: >>On 5/9/2011 12:10 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>> Chris and I are wondering how many people are using the Windows console >>> as local console window in CYGWIN=tty mode

Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?

2011-05-09 Thread Samuel Thibault
Christopher Faylor, le Mon 09 May 2011 16:05:24 -0400, a écrit : > Has anyone tried running brltty without setting CYGWIN=tty? I never set the CYGWIN variable nowadays, actually, and brltty works fine in that case. Samuel -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:

RE: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?

2011-05-09 Thread Karl M
> Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 18:10:28 +0200 > From: corinna > Subject: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why? > > Hi, > > Chris and I are wondering how many people are using the Windows console > as local console window in CYGWIN=tty mode and why. > > Here's why we ask: > > We are both not sure why anybody

Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?

2011-05-09 Thread Jeremy Bopp
On 5/9/2011 16:14, Karl M wrote: > I did try rxvt and didn't like the way it looked, so I stayed with a console > window and CYGWIN=tty. Hi, Karl. Have you tried mintty yet? If looks are what turned you away from rxvt, I think you'll like mintty much more. -Jeremy -- Problem reports: htt

Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?

2011-05-09 Thread Thomas Wolff
Am 09.05.2011 18:10, schrieb Corinna Vinschen: Hi, Chris and I are wondering how many people are using the Windows console as local console window in CYGWIN=tty mode and why. Here's why we ask: We are both not sure why anybody would use it voluntarily, given that it's I/O is extremly slow, co

Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?

2011-05-09 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:27:08AM +0200, Thomas Wolff wrote: >Am 09.05.2011 18:10, schrieb Corinna Vinschen: >>Chris and I are wondering how many people are using the Windows console >>as local console window in CYGWIN=tty mode and why. >> >>Here's why we ask: >> >>We are both not sure why anybody

Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?

2011-05-09 Thread rifter rifter
On 5/9/11, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On May 9 17:21, Henry S. Thompson wrote: >> Corinna Vinschen writes: >> >> > Chris and I are wondering how many people are using the Windows console >> > as local console window in CYGWIN=tty mode and why. >> >> I am one such. >> >> > Here's why we ask: >> > >>

Re: Who's using "CYGWIN=tty" and why?

2011-05-09 Thread Claude Sylvain
On 09/05/2011 12:10, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > Chris and I are wondering how many people are using the Windows console > as local console window in CYGWIN=tty mode and why. > - I am not a Cygwin "Power User", and I am not sure to understand you well. - If you talk about the console that is