From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:14:57 GMT
Subject: Re: Git on MSys (or how to make it easy for Windows users to compile git)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708091013430.21857@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <81b0412b0708090147y11783e3i4f0a6251dbe2c736@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Alex Riesen wrote:

> On 8/6/07, Marius Storm-Olsen <marius@trolltech.com> wrote:
> > Johannes Schindelin said the following on 06.08.2007 02:11:
> > On Windows we have a replacement terminal, which has all the features
> > you want, and also supports tabs like Konsole. I've used it for
> > several years, and it works great. Have a look and see if you like it,
> > then we can add it to the repo:
> >      http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/
> >
> > Original name, ey? :-)
> 
> A fine example of windows hackery (they had to inject some code into
> the process running a standard windows console to redirect the IO,
> because windows has no tty of any form).
> It is wonder it works, but it really does (surprisingly often).
> Very impressive.

I have some issues with it, though.

- I really hate to leave anything older than W2K behind.  You might not 
  care, but I do.

- I tested it, and it gave a constant flicker, at least in the status bar.  
  Does not seem to be that fleshed out.

So I'd really like to see rxvt.exe fixed.

Ciao,
Dscho