mintty

> You can use 127.0.0.1 as I said. If you have multiple WSL distributions running, it will not be possible to reach them by the same IP. > The other...

I have an idea to create a new "bridge" that would be resilient against changes in the WSL system by using wsl.exe. In order to make pty I/O transparent, escape...

Please enlighten me: What does that gdb feature achieve, what does it require, and how does the proposed patch handle the issue? Did you check options `-d` or `-D` or...

So you want to debug a program (emacs as an example) that runs in a terminal, and want to communicate with the debugger outside of the terminal, right? Question though:...

Please check out https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8963208/gdb-display-output-of-target-application-in-a-separate-window and https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/developer_guide/debugging-running-application (sections Attaching ... GDB to an Already Running Process). I think that achieves what you need.

Pointing out two suggestions mentioned before: Use `sleep 999999` instead of `read`. Use mintty option `-Rt` to output the pty name. `mintty -Rt sleep 999999` Then proceed as above. So...

Running an application under a debugger may never work perfectly, and I doubt there is a difference. The size of a patch is not the point. I'd rather not have...

Ctrl+H is not a mintty shortcut but simply an ASCII control character. You could use option CtrlExchangeShift to exchange them with the Shift+Ctrl shortcut combinations but then you'd probably loose...

Ctrl+h v works for me in emacs-nw. It prompts "Describe variable: ". Please send your mintty and emacs configuration files.

Changed title as Ctrl+h is not a shortcut but rather a plain ASCII character. Also no mintty issue identified so far, I suspect it's an emacs configuration issue.