[Nano-devel] Re: Cygwin version of GNU Nano does not accept CTRL-C

[Rocco Corsi]

Gareth Pearce wrote:

> > Hello
> >
> >    I don't know if anyone has noticed, but it appears that when 
> > CTRL-C is pressed in Nano it is not recognized under Cygwin.  Is this 
> > normal behavior under Windows, is the CTRL-C somehow intercepted and 
> > stripped out?  I am using WinXP.
>
>
> As mentioned in the cygwin archives - the CYGWIN enviornment variable 
> needs to be set to include tty for ctrl-C to work (and some other 
> things) - See the cygwin users guide for details on the CYGWIN 
> environment variable.  The tty option needs to be set Before you start 
> cygwin.
>
> Gareth - cygwin nano maintainer.

Perfect, just added "CYGWIN=tty" to the environment variables and all is 
fine.  Thanks.

Maybe a dumb question.  Why does Cygwin not automatically update 
environment variables as part of the installation?  Or at least ask if 
they should be updated?

Rocco