X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=ecpfsJsCXSFdxSyA c+lJfRPAFmUmzt/ow5ZL9Va4HRO9eK6gUV6ODwKkZ7dWYfJWCx6HAeBSinfeR/o/ Ma7wvMWjLTVP4Zkxgk+M3K5BPJlQyImzGPYtHvfAJT8D/gmHcJvbkMcjIdcF+WE4 +5dYGndydIZXY32XL+BuGbbp29s= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=0+KyFeqLSlMi5BIl5O/wLc cuJmM=; b=mG+icm27ahlICBj0crxrTbPbC311fRyvdhj2TSJpR/x4jEARf+tGEs sua0i4bzcdSv7IFrVf0UVU2QkY0ZWYkTpyARmbYaRaCTKmt/qyo6UsobleHHS5Ol 9PbKPhWHo8IVF4SfpUHQ6kgMS7uyw2TUgZVwuDFVsgzD/h3O+5rhM= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,GIT_PATCH_2,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=States, United, united, guidance X-HELO: mail-wr0-f174.google.com X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=XgPN+1ESa/I4mmWHdp0xHYDujOOqAd1X3n4Qr4OIyHs=; b=N+JnZYpkOWDcGlggC/NQxsh+Q4aaGvtMCBNx7/KBMU2XiaZrM/f9/83sxEYh4qiOTJ oJTtk4rOYhOFVDxws6UyJQgN4tuxV+73j1C1+jtRiMEtZjhGh6ZTLuDGOlZQfNQ+Gs4j vqpD3eMzO96PSj6TERS1VWAGrZaaWRFQ4Y1Ixf8qKnL5PFD5JWV9Qg2Q1wTuviV3k3Vr Pg9g94HGuKgjYy2qP+2FqQeBE57NxogoVwOAKw3Ggw2VpatYTL7H6xB6dhUPmUuV//1x D0vQpDb48YRWeZMGzK2gdx9xBb6rv3k1aEbN8xGPIebmFZQyW8wSzkTVJVQHeQd9T6Ny IdGw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPwfUsPm/LQae/REnN+JGC/eTIrZIPcAK5HQGs46Z6JSIcFFuqYDd CHJ8i6ZODqoOd0uar4WhL9E3KXpI X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKI5J7VsOF3dDcqwfm0NVSAd5ml/80n+SdTmnzl0fjXimuQI9P4UX/zPXN3K8tXu1B83tRMyQA== X-Received: by 2002:adf:a292:: with SMTP id s18-v6mr17273783wra.114.1528171435080; Mon, 04 Jun 2018 21:03:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: xterm / Windows 10 question To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: From: Marco Atzeri Message-ID: <3ba87eb1-538f-d527-7448-59eba13e11b5@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 06:03:54 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes On 6/5/2018 2:51 AM, Matt Nicholas wrote: > Sorry, I left out the word "not" in my last message. > I meant to say: > > I've seen various suggestions online stating that I need to change the > setting under 'Control Panel, Languages' so that the selected language is > "English (United States)", rather than "English (International)". > I did that and it did *not *solve the problem (nor make any discernible > difference). > > Apologies for the omission. > --- Matt > Bottom post on this mailing list > > On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 5:47 PM, Matt Nicholas wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have a question that I hope someone may be able to help me with. >> >> I recently obtained a Dell Precision laptop running Windows 10. >> I installed 64-bit Cygwin, including various packages that are not part of >> the minimal install. >> >> I start Cygwin/X as follows: >> >> (1) open a Cygwin64 Terminal window >> (2) cd /usr/bin >> (3) ./xinit -- -multiwindow & >> >> That works as expected, and creates an initial xterm window. I can then >> start multiple independent xterm windows. >> >> The problem I'm having is that when I type single quote or double quote >> characters in the xterm window, no character appears with the first >> keystroke. >> Typing the character twice, causes the character to appear, but things >> don't work as expected. >> For example, a command like: >> find . -name "*.exe" >> fails to find any files even though there are ".exe" files to be found. >> >> I've seen various suggestions online stating that I need to change the >> setting under 'Control Panel, Languages' so that the selected language is >> "English (United States)", rather than "English (International)". >> I did that and it did solve the problem (nor make any discernible >> difference). >> >> A few other clues: >> (1) The problem does not occur in a Cygwin64 Terminal window. >> (2) I set things up the same way on a Windows 7 PC that I also use, >> and do not experience this problem in xterm windows. It seems that Xterm, and I assume the all X server, is using a different Keyboard layout than Mintty. One with dead-keys. The best explanation I found on keyboard with dead-keys is https://zauner.nllk.net/post/0014-windows-no-dead-keys/ For changing setting for the X system, some guidance is available on: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Keyboard_configuration_in_Xorg >> >> Thanks >> --- Matt Regards Marco -- 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