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Fix Windows compatibility issues: SIGHUP signal and winsound dependency

Issues Fixed

1. SIGHUP Signal Compatibility

Problem: The application crashes on Windows systems with an AttributeError when trying to register a handler for SIGHUP, which is a Unix/Linux-specific signal that doesn't exist on Windows.

Solution: Added a conditional check using hasattr(signal, 'SIGHUP') to only register the SIGHUP handler on systems where it's available.

2. winsound Dependency Issue

Problem: winsound is incorrectly listed in requirements.txt, causing installation failures on non-Windows systems with the error "ERROR: No matching distribution found for winsound".

Solution: Remove winsound from requirements.txt since it's part of Python's standard library on Windows and shouldn't be listed as an external dependency.

Changes

  • Modified signal handling in start_chat() function to check for SIGHUP availability
  • Added platform-specific check for SIGHUP signal
  • Improved code comments for clarity
  • Removed winsound from requirements.txt (standard library module on Windows)

Testing

  • Tested on Windows: Application now starts without crashing
  • Tested on Linux: All signal handlers work as expected
  • Tested installation on both platforms without winsound dependency issue
  • No functional changes to Unix/Linux behavior

Impact

  • Fixes Windows compatibility issues
  • Maintains existing functionality on Unix/Linux systems
  • Makes the application truly cross-platform
  • Resolves dependency installation problems on non-Windows systems

cross-platform compatibility issue in the signal handling code. The application was attempting to register a handler for the SIGHUP signal, which is a Unix/Linux-specific signal that doesn't exist on Windows systems
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