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Re: Win95 CAPS-lock input problem -- feedback?
- To: Christopher Faylor <cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: Re: Win95 CAPS-lock input problem -- feedback?
- From: egor duda <deo at logos-m dot ru>
- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:05:55 +0300
- Organization: deo
- References: <C78815621F631C4AAFAE6FEC74ECDC9A11B076@caebe004.NOE.Nokia.com><20011114043151.GB19437@redhat.com>
- Reply-to: egor duda <cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com>
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Hi!
Wednesday, 14 November, 2001 Christopher Faylor cgf@redhat.com wrote:
CF> Does anyone have an opinion about this patch, either yes or no?
CF> Egor, does this patch work with your ttyifier?
other than ignoring microsoft warning, it looks with me.
if i understand things correctly, this workaround is not needed on w98,
right? if so, should we better add one more wincap bit?
CF> On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 09:04:29PM +0300, ian.ray@nokia.com wrote:
>>
>>ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/win32dk/kb/q137/1/95.txt
>>"Unpredictable results occur if you use ReadConsole and ReadConsoleInput
>>together in a Windows 95-based application. Do not mix the two functions
>>when using a single console."
>>
>>I made the proposed patch (breaking Microsoft advice, above) against
>>cygwin-snapshot-20011005-1.
>>
>>It "works" for me (Win95,UK) -- but I did not get any feedback from the
>>list.
Egor. mailto:deo@logos-m.ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19