RFE: Support Strawberry Perl on Windows via "winpty" library? [rt.cpan.org #93612]

[toddr]

Migrated from rt.cpan.org#93612 (status was 'open')

Requestors:

• @deven

From @deven on 2014-03-07 16:09:13:
Could this "winpty" library be used to support Strawberry Perl on Windows without using cygwin pty emulation?

https://github.com/rprichard/winpty

Here's the description from that site:

winpty is a Windows software package providing an interface similar to a Unix pty-master for communicating with Windows console programs. The package consists of a library (libwinpty) and a tool for Cygwin and MSYS for running Windows console programs in a Cygwin/MSYS pty.

The software works by starting the winpty-agent.exe process with a new, hidden console window, which bridges between the console API and terminal input/output escape codes. It polls the hidden console's screen buffer for changes and generates a corresponding stream of output.

The Unix adapter allows running Windows console programs (e.g. CMD, PowerShell, IronPython, etc.) under mintty or Cygwin's sshd with properly-functioning input (e.g. arrow and function keys) and output (e.g. line buffering). The library could be also useful for writing a non-Cygwin SSH server.

From @toddr on 2014-05-05 14:40:20:

I have no ready access to windows. So my question is back to you. Does this work?

[toddr]

@deven, I'm open to a patch to do this.