In GDB on MinGW, how do I make Ctrl-C stop the program?

Question

I\'m on Windows, running GDB on an executable built under MinGW. The program has an infinite loop. I want to find it by hitting Ctrl + C. When I do, both t

Answer 1

I had the same problem. What solved it for me was using gdb with cmd.exe and setting the following option in gdb.

set new-console on

Now I can use Ctrl + c to interrupt both gui and console programs.