Re: comint-interrupt-subjob doesn't work with mingw build

[Stefan Monnier]

> I've recently built with mingw, and comint/shell mode doesn't seem to
> respond to C-c C-c.  I've also tried to invoke the signal using the menu,
> no luck.  I then tried to invoke using M-x comint-interrupt-subjob, still
> no luck.

Most likely the subprocess is a cygwin executable.  This is
a known incompatibility.  I have no idea whether there's a plan on the
cygwin side on on the Emacs side to fix this.
In the mean time, either use a cygwin build of Emacs, or use a mingw (or
gunwin32) build of the bash.


        Stefan