X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <416096c60903181427i11f0c30ch20daf5d89a045d75@mail.gmail.com> References: <17f020130903180317l1271c880q11650b61881d744c@mail.gmail.com> <49C1246E.4030702@acm.org> <416096c60903181021v4fec3a9n103dd0f5131f4b9@mail.gmail.com> <20090318172828.GR9322@calimero.vinschen.de> <416096c60903181427i11f0c30ch20daf5d89a045d75@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:01:04 -0400 Message-ID: <17393e3e0903182201s683519f4le915a642a420e34f@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: chere doesn't work anymore with MinTTY From: Matt Wozniski To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Andy Koppe wrote: > Corinna Vinschen: >> Accepting `-e command' additionally would make the usage comaptible to >> xterm/rxvt and mintty could be used easier as drop-in replacement... > > Can't say I'm keen on doing that, because it looks =C2=A0like the start of > a slippery slope down xterm's intimidating manpage. > Konsole and gnome-terminal do support it though, without implementing > any other xterm options, so I guess mintty better does as well: issue > 69. I'd say that emulating the options in the common subset of rxvt's options and xterm's is probably a good idea - at least for options that affect the behavior (like -e) instead of just the appearance (like -rv). ~Matt -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/