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([124.13.5.7]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y5sm8033114tia.1.2009.01.11.06.21.52 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:21:53 -0800 (PST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:43:29 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:23994 Archived-At: severity 1849 wishlist thanks Michael Kleehammer wrote: > I think it would be simple to compile the program as a GUI program but have the > -nw flag allocate a console when needed. > I had already considered this approach to offer limited multi-tty functionality on Windows (limited because Windows limits programs to one console at a time). I think it is the right way to deal with this, but I'm not sure that I agree with your claim that it would be simple (you can't just open any console for -nw, it has to follow the same behavior as a program that is compiled as a console program).