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Don't Let This Happen To You!
- From: Randall R Schulz <rrschulz at cris dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 10:54:49 -0700
- Subject: Don't Let This Happen To You!
Hi,
A little warning to Cygwin users who also use Microsoft Bookshelf 2000 (and
possibly other versions, too).
I had a long-running wget going and with the Cywin console window in which
it was running the active window, I clicked the Bookshelf tray icon. Bad
news--it killed the wget.
One of the features of Microsoft Bookshelf 2000 is the ability to select a
word and then click the Bookshelf tray icon to initiate a lookup on that
word. Apparently, the interaction between Bookshelf's launcher and the
console is based on simulating the typing of a CTRL-C to copy the current
selection, if any, from the active window.
In Cygwin, that action causes a SIGINT to be sent to the current foreground
application!
C'est la vie.
Randall Schulz
Mountain View, CA USA
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