ReadLine.Read is not working in MingW64

[signityvivek]

I tried to use the our tool on Windows 7 system in a MINGW64 terminal (that is installed when I installed Git client to access github).

Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot read keys when either application does not have a console or when console input has been redirected. Try Console.Read.
   at System.ConsolePal.ReadKey(Boolean intercept)
   at System.ReadLine.GetText(KeyHandler keyHandler)
   at System.ReadLine.Read(String prompt, String default)
   at Campaign.Program.RunAddAndReturnExitCode(Options options)

A little googling efforts directed me to run it on the default command prompt and it worked like a charm.

Please guide, if there is any configuration required for the same. Thanks

[webmaster442]

MinGW64's MinTTTY is a TTY emulator. It doesn't support Windows console API's out of the box. You need to run your program wrapped in winpty. Example:

winpty yourexe.exe

[Latency]

The console emulators will vary across platforms. We will NOT support emulation related issues.

This API uses Console.ReadKey() for its internals which essentially does what Console.Read() does anyway minus a few things windows platform specific. These are from the .NET framework and should be compatible where supported versions of the .NET run-times exist.

You can try using the API within a project targeting .NET Core and run it from the console. This should be universal across platforms. Let me know your feedback.