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Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc')
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc index 5483249c9..47ba20720 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc +++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc @@ -581,6 +581,17 @@ fhandler_tty_slave::open (int flags, mode_t) { BOOL b; HWINSTA h, horig; + /* The intent here is to allocate an "invisible" console if we have no + controlling tty or to reuse the existing console if we already have + a tty. So, first get the old windows station. If there is no controlling + terminal, create a new windows station and then set it as the current + windows station. The subsequent AllocConsole will then be allocated + invisibly. But, after doing that we have to restore any existing windows + station or, strangely, characters will not be displayed in any windows + drawn on the current screen. We only do this if we have changed to + a new windows station and if we had an existing windows station previously. + + Phew. */ h = horig = GetProcessWindowStation (); if (myself->ctty == -1) { |