X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <4C99B442 DOT 1030909 AT towo DOT net> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:17:27 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Odd apparent cursor movement in mintty (+emacs) From: Andy Koppe To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On 22 September 2010 08:58, Gary wrote: > Thomas Wolff wrote: >> 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? > > In that case wouldn't it also happen when mintty was not maximised? Quoting Simon Tatham yet again: "In bug reports, try to make very clear what are actual facts and what are speculations. Leave out speculations if you want to, but don't leave out facts." So please do answer Thomas' questions. If possible, attach the file that shows the problem. Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple