[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1950: wingrass: replace rxvt with cmd.exe

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#1950: wingrass: replace rxvt with cmd.exe
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 Reporter:  hamish     |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  task       |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  major      |   Milestone:  6.4.4                    
Component:  Packaging  |     Version:  svn-develbranch6         
 Keywords:  wingrass   |    Platform:  MSWindows 7              
      Cpu:  All        |  
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 Making a new ticket for this as it has little to do with #1891.

 the task: replace msys's rxvt.exe with Microsoft's built in conhost.exe
 terminal emulator.

 IIUC, conhost.exe is new for Windows7, Windows XP doesn't have it. At
 least mine doesn't in C:\windows\system32. If so that's a problem, half of
 the world's installed Windows systems are still running XP.


 know problems with MSys's rxvt:
  - not compatible with pdcurses (e.g. r.support run from the command line,
 edit categories will fail)
  - isatty() function returns false
  - ?

 (I've used it a bunch and not run into any problems, so beyond the above
 I'm not really seeing what all the fuss is about. what exactly about it is
 buggy?)

 the bug where msys converts and C: to /c/ in strings when you don't want
 it to -- is that msys's rxvt or something else in their bash.exe?


 since msys+rxvt is the most stable of the grass Command Line menu items
 right now, I'd strongly suggest to delay replacement of it until 6.4.3 is
 out the door.


 thanks,
 Hamish

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