Re: Trapping Control-C in an interactive Lua program

[Brett Nash <nash@...>]

On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:51:13 +0200
steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> This is ultimately not a Lua-specific problem, but here we go:
> sometimes you need an interactive Lua program that doesn't quietly die
> on control-C.
> 
> I've tried using SetConsoleCtrlHandler(nil,1) and
> signal(SIGINT,SIG_IGN) using Alien, and no go.
> 
> Obviously I could change lua.c to get the behaviour I need, but
> naturally I would prefer not to.
> 
> steve d.

I think you need to take a look at:
	http://www.cons.org/cracauer/sigint.html

It describes the correct solution, but you will need to either do alien
magic or modify lua (the later would be preferable).

	Regards,
	nash