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On 8/6/07, Marius Storm-Olsen <marius@trolltech.com> wrote:
> Johannes Schindelin said the following on 06.08.2007 02:11:
> On Windows we have a replacement terminal, which has all the features
> you want, and also supports tabs like Konsole. I've used it for
> several years, and it works great. Have a look and see if you like it,
> then we can add it to the repo:
>      http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/
>
> Original name, ey? :-)

A fine example of windows hackery (they had to inject some code into
the process running a standard windows console to redirect the IO,
because windows has no tty of any form).
It is wonder it works, but it really does (surprisingly often).
Very impressive.