Re: [readline-mingw] backspace key and TUI size

[Denis PILAT <denis dot pilat at st dot com>]

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 09:02:57AM +0100, Denis PILAT wrote:
>  
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > When compiling gdb 6.4 for native window host (minGW) I get a gdb.exe 
> > and a gdbtui.exe where there were 2 problems.
> > - In the gdbtui.exe version, the TUI interface do not fit in the DOS 
> > command window.
> > - In the gdb.exe version, the backspace key do not behave correctly.
> >
> > I did some little modification in readline to fix both problems. I 
> > attach the patch applied.
> > I've already submitted it to Chet Ramey (the readline maintainer at 
> > bash-maintainers@gnu.org) who accepted it.
> > I don't know the gdb policy with readline synchronization, but I would 
> > like it  to be integrated as well in gdb distribution.
> >    
>
> We can import readline patches; I assume Chet didn't take this as-is
> (it has a stray printf in it).  Chet, if you have a chance, could you
> send us the version you've applied, so we can merge it?
>
> Denis, I'm not sure why the backspace fix was necessary for you; my
> backspace works fine.  What did this fix?
>
>  
You're right, I forgot to remove a printf ...

Our host is i686-pc-mingw32, gdb is compiled under cygwin with 
"-mno-cygwin" flag to avoid cygwin dependencies.
We also use pdcurses library since ncurse is not available on windows.
I think that's why you don't see the problem. With this patch, I'm not 
using the tputs() function anymore on Windows, as it was not used for MSDOS.

Denis