Re: [Chicken-users] csi -:c MSYS problem

[Graham Fawcett]

On 7/5/06, Brandon J. Van Every <address@hidden> wrote:
> Graham Fawcett wrote:
> > Does it work if you run it with the -:c command line option, e.g. "csi
> > -:c"? See the FAQ.
>
> Huh, yes it does.  I wouldn't call this expected behavior though; the
> FAQ entry is for emacs buffers.  How difficult would it be to eliminate
> the need for -:c under MSYS?  It strikes me as an impediment to usability.

Good question -- personally I don't know the answer. I encountered
this when trying to get CSI working in Emacs, and it struck me as odd
at the time; fortunately the FAQ refered to this -:c workaround. But
yes, it feels like a kluge.

Posix provides an isatty() function to let you know when a file
descriptor (like stdin/stdout) is connected to a terminal, rather than
a pipe; but there may be no (obvious) equivalent to this on Windows. I
imagine the root of the problem lies there. I don't know why the "-:c"
behaviour couldn't be the default on win32/msys, though... maybe
someone else can provide a good counter-case.

On a related note, it's really hard to see where the -:c behaviour is
defined in the Chicken source -- can someone give a pointer?

Graham