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Date:	Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:06:04 -0400
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Subject:	Using nano in mintty : missing cursor
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Try editing a text document using nano in a mintty terminal.
Press <Alt-r> to replace text.
The typed search string at the bottom of the page lacks a visible cursor=20
(though it is there, as evidenced by use of <LtArrow> and <RtArrow> and=20
inserting text) which is a small inconvenience.
(Cf using nano in a bash terminal or a rxvt terminal: using <Alt-r> to=20
replace text the cursor helpfully remains visible.)
Any chance of a revision - to mintty - to address this? Thank you.
Fergus

BTW mintty is great and possesses the useful feature that it does not=20
hang on exit. As previously reported this problem (hang on exiting rxvt)=20
is now completely chronic [for me]. I am finding it hard to understand=20
why there are not 4000 other reports of the same problem in this mailing=20
list; but as there are not, I deduce my setup (newly installed on a new=20
machine less than a week ago to no avail) possesses some hideous=20
freakish quirk in ~/.bashrc or ~/.inputrc or ... not shared elsewhere.


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