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* Ken Shaffer (2006-02-19 00:55 +0100)
> I have DOS window sized that a scrollback is present, start bash, do several
> ls's then scroll back.
> 
> The problem is that when I type, instead of the cursor being automatically
> positioned to the end of the scrollback (essentially making the screen
> appear as if I never scrolled back), it exists where I'm at now in the
> scroll back buffer.

That is the rxvr default - Windows cmd console does it by default the
way you want.
 
> Did some default change?

Well, as you might already guessed: this is a Windows Console thing,
so it has absolutely nothing to do with Cygwin.

Try deleting [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console]...


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