Re: MS-Windows Pseudo Console: a mixed blessing?

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es>
> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 23:57:21 +0100
> 
> Have you tried asking on https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues ?
> They seem quite responsive.

I did now, thanks.  I did read earlier all the issues related to
ConPTY, and didn't see there any related aspects being discussed, so
it definitely sounds like what I see is the intended behavior.  But we
can hope.

> Another interesting fact is that the Pseudo Console implementation is
> MIT-licensed and quite short, but I don't know how much of the issue
> lies elsewhere or if it is possible to build and install it with a Free
> compiler (it is C++ with C interface):
> 
> https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/tree/main/src/winconpty

This is a Windows component tightly coupled to ConHost and other
layers, so I have no idea how to install it if modified.  In any case,
even if doing so is possible, we cannot expect Emacs users to be able
to install a modified ConPTY on their systems, as many/most Windows
boxes are locked down nowadays.  It isn't a practical solution, IOW.