From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 75733 invoked by alias); 26 May 2016 16:36:18 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 75708 invoked by uid 89); 26 May 2016 16:36:17 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=HX-HELO:eggs.gnu.org, Hx-spam-relays-external:208.118.235.92, H*RU:208.118.235.92 X-HELO: eggs.gnu.org Received: from eggs.gnu.org (HELO eggs.gnu.org) (208.118.235.92) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Thu, 26 May 2016 16:36:07 +0000 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b5yGQ-0003fK-4l for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Thu, 26 May 2016 12:36:05 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:40875) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b5yGQ-0003el-1z; Thu, 26 May 2016 12:36:02 -0400 Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2453 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1b5yGO-0003on-84; Thu, 26 May 2016 12:36:00 -0400 Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 16:36:00 -0000 Message-Id: <831t4o3hfs.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Pedro Alves CC: gdb-patches@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <717c7233-fed2-d8bf-699e-721ff5319cdd@redhat.com> (message from Pedro Alves on Thu, 26 May 2016 17:03:33 +0100) Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 24/25] Add new command to create extra console/mi UI channels Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <1458573675-15478-1-git-send-email-palves@redhat.com> <1458573675-15478-25-git-send-email-palves@redhat.com> <83twjz6bex.fsf@gnu.org> <56F02689.2050503@redhat.com> <83r3f369io.fsf@gnu.org> <56F035F3.6060702@redhat.com> <3f622c77-762a-c86e-cafb-60f75a598d6c@redhat.com> <838tyw3jqw.fsf@gnu.org> <717c7233-fed2-d8bf-699e-721ff5319cdd@redhat.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-05/txt/msg00458.txt.bz2 > Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org > From: Pedro Alves > Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 17:03:33 +0100 > > >> BTW, while investigating this, I found that since some recent > >> update to Windows 10, Windows consoles now supports ansi/vt100 > >> escape sequences, finally: > >> > >> http://www.nivot.org/blog/post/2016/02/04/Windows-10-TH2-%28v1511%29-Console-Host-Enhancements > >> > >> This further reinforces to me the idea of using ansi escapes on > >> Windows Eclipse/gdb too. > > > > Not sure how that is related, since the emulator is not a console for > > the program that runs on it. > > I mean that going forward, with that, it won't sound so strange for > native Windows console applications to output ansi escape sequences > instead of using the console APIs to control cursor positioning, etc. Perhaps in 5 or 10 years, when previous Windows versions are no longer important. But not until then, IMO. (My main development machine still runs XPSP3, FWIW.)