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RE: xterms and vi



I tried to correct this problem in Xfree86 3.3.3.1 source code
I am porting to Cygwin.  Xterm started doing core dumps, with error
messages about vi and *C-string ' cannot be converted to "*

Hopefully I might fix the problem. 

Suhaib


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com]On Behalf Of Ryan L McFall
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 9:38 AM
> To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: xterms and vi
> 
> 
> Hi:
> 
> I know this question has been discussed before, but I've tried the
> solutions that I saw posted in the archives to no avail.
> 
> I've got the X11R6.4 client libs downloaded and installed, and am 
> trying to
> run vi within an xterm.  The problem is that programs like vi (and ftp)
> don't do their I/O in the xterm, they do it in the DOS window associated
> with the xterm.
> 
> I've set CYGWIN32 (and CYGWIN) to be 'binmode tty', and have an 
> entry in my
> termcap file for xterm (although the symptom appears no matter 
> what type of
> terminal I've set TERM to be).
> 
> I've got Cygwin-B20 installed, and am using StarNet's X-Win32 as my
> X-server.
> 
> Is there anything else that I've forgotten? 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ryan McFall
> mcfallry@cse.msu.edu
> 
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