On 4/7/2017 7:39 AM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Apr 2017 23:48:10 -0400, rickman wrote:
>
>> "Windows build differences
>>
>> Some features are missing:
>>
>>      embedded terminal emulation (VTE, as far as I know there is nothing
>> equal for Windows) "
>>
> In the UNIX/Linux world the terminal emulator is just another GUI
> application. xterm came as part of Xorg-s X11 package, XFCE provides
> xfce4-terminal and there are others - take your pick.
>
> However, Windows is different. The command-line console, aka 'the dos
> box' is a built-in part of Windows from as far back as I remember - if
> you need an X11 terminal you install an X11 app like PuTTY and this can
> only be used to provide remote access. Since the Windows console is built
> in, it may be difficult or impossible to launch it from within another
> application such as geany.
>
> Certainly, the only Windows editors I've used that provided command line
> access were either run in the dosbox (microEmacs) or had their own,
> fairly basic, command line interface (PFE).

Lol.  When I run Emacs under Windows, it opens a command line window in
addition to the GUI window, if you can call that a GUI window.

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Rick C

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