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Date:	Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:46:10 +0200
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Subject:	Re: Odd apparent cursor movement in mintty (+emacs)
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On 22.09.2010 09:25, Gary wrote:
> In some file^H^H^H^Hbuffer in emacs(-nox), with mintty maximised, cursor
> movement appears incorrect - moving the cursor forward[1] (emacs'
> forward-char via C-f / cursor right key) incorrectly positions the
> visible cursor 'n' characters forward. The insertion position is
> correct, however - it only moves one character forward.
>
> emacsclient 23.2, GNU Emacs 23.2.1, if it makes any difference.
>
> [1] backward, too, but up and down seem unaffected
>
>    
Do you have any non-ASCII characters on the affected lines? If so, it 
sounds like a mismatch of character encoding between mintty and emacs' 
assumption. What's your locale environment variables?


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