From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2989 invoked from network); 11 Jun 2004 22:03:39 -0000 Received: from thor.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.86) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 11 Jun 2004 22:03:39 -0000 Received: (qmail 7463 invoked from network); 11 Jun 2004 21:27:50 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 11 Jun 2004 21:27:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 3208 invoked by alias); 11 Jun 2004 21:00:04 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 7524 Received: (qmail 3025 invoked from network); 11 Jun 2004 21:00:01 -0000 Received: from thor.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (qmailr@130.225.247.86) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 11 Jun 2004 20:59:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 30689 invoked from network); 11 Jun 2004 20:57:21 -0000 Received: from tantale.fifi.org (root@216.27.190.146) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 11 Jun 2004 20:57:11 -0000 Received: from ceramic.fifi.org (mail@ceramic.fifi.org [216.27.190.147]) by tantale.fifi.org (8.9.3p2/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-21) with ESMTP id LAA20411; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:59:29 -0700 Received: from phil by ceramic.fifi.org with local (Exim 4.22) id 1BYrFQ-0002Js-BX; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:59:28 -0700 To: John Cooper Cc: "'zsh-users@sunsite.dk'" Subject: Re: Putting a running job into the background with cygwin zsh? References: Mail-Copies-To: nobody From: Philippe Troin Date: 11 Jun 2004 11:59:28 -0700 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <87u0xhc44v.fsf@ceramic.fifi.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: Philippe Troin X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_44 autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Hits: -0.0 John Cooper writes: > I'm using the cygwin version of zsh 4.2.0 on WinXP. > > If I run a Windows program and later want to put it into the background, > Ctrl-Z has no effect. > `stty -a' indicates that the suspend character is ^Z. Does this work for > others or is it a known limitation in the cygwin version? Since windows does not have job control nor pseudo-terminals, I suspect that the backgrounding behavior is part of the Cygwin runtime. Windows programs are not linked to the Cygwin runtime. > Interestingly, the old Windows native zsh port (by AmolD) would always > return immediately when invoking "windowed" Windows apps, i.e., if I typed > `notepad', the shell would exec notepad.exe and immediately provide a new > prompt. It only did this for apps designed to run "windowed", so would work > for "notepad", "write", etc, but not for "java" (I used "javaw", which is > "windowed"). That's depends on which Windows runtime you link with. Phil.