Re: <Ctrl-C> in the Console Window

[Syd Polk <spolk at redhat dot com>]

Fernando Nasser wrote:
> 
> Syd Polk wrote:
> >
> > Ctrl+Break is the usual DOS-Windows method for stopping processes.
> 
> I guess that Syd is suggesting a system-dependent key binding, aimed
> at matching the system where it runs.
> 
> The problem is that Cygwin uses <Cntl-C> (Cygwin == Unix) and NT Command Prompt
> windows use <Ctrl-Break>.   We wouldn't know which one to follow, neither would
> the user.
> 
> But <Ctrl-Break> is one alternative to be a interrupt sequence that makes sense.
> Maybe more sense than the <Ctrl-.> that Nicholas mentioned.
> 
> Does all the keyboards have a "Break" key or is it only the PC keyboard?
> I haven't used other keyboards in a while.  Is it in the Sun keyboards?   On Mac?
> 

Well, my Sun keyboard has a "Break" key, as well as my Mac keyboard.

<Ctrl-.> is a bastardization of the Macintosh <Command-.>. I don't advocate it
at all.

Native windows users will use <Ctrl-Break> anyway, and it works on Cygwin.