cygwin + console2 ctrl-c keyboard interrupt not working

Question

I'm using console2 as my shell for cygwin and control-C is not working.

I have made sure that control-C is not being used as a hotkey in my console2 settings.

This is how I run cygwin from console2 D:\Programs\Cygwin\bin\bash.exe --login -i

To check for yourself, do ping google.com -t and try to interrupt it with control C.

Here is my console2 console.xml file, http://pastebin.com/mZ3yHe6D

Ingo Kegel · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-22T08:22:47.620

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This was a bug in cygwin, it should be fixed in the upcoming cygwin release (1.7.17), see here

Update: 1.7.17 was released on Oct 20, 2012. The problem is indeed fixed now.

edited Oct 22 '12 at 08:22

answered Aug 26 '12 at 16:01

Ingo Kegel

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 30 '13 at 11:10

So I was running into this issue through the Git Msys install (utilizes MingW32) on Windows too.

The problem was Ctrl + C was bound to the Copy Selection which negates the ability to pass the Ctrl + C interrupt into the actual console. Reassigning that hotkey binding allows you to actually use Ctrl + C again for interrupting server tasks, etc.

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 04 '15 at 16:19

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In Console2, reassign the Hotkey Ctrl + C to other, then the termination will work. Thanks Silva

edited Jun 04 '15 at 16:19

OhBeWise

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answered Jun 04 '15 at 15:47

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 18 '17 at 08:10

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Instead of reassigning the hotkeys you can also simply press Ctrl-Shift-C for keyboard interruption in Console2

answered Aug 18 '17 at 08:10

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