X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org BC4813838023 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cygwin.com; s=default; t=1619462243; bh=s32mTqJLwmQaTt5GfKhyp0Uaq2RRDWoIcO8LrzqFauA=; h=Subject:To:References:Date:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive:List-Post:List-Help:List-Subscribe:From:Reply-To:Cc: From; b=XIuIBEwnBXIOlXCUdkFVn0PVq+ZCebZvqq6XqB5zBwJGeGKp5stEN1RVPT70H+KcP W58c2KAm1Lhmkt7v8JDIvlMo5OQ/GP6o2LjtH0QrihAKzy+MOuHFYViRecpMJO4OZ4 s/7DMtIACCHwwzL/HyKA9uU4JB4yfmLrmwMoTVtU= X-Original-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 12F163846411 DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp.jhmg.net 610D1400CE Subject: Re: mintty window border? To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <65d75c6b-b532-562d-22a9-a2e2a1b1b37d AT jhmg DOT net> <ef3af5d5-c90b-5cf2-15f6-2ad07cbc3bf0 AT maxrnd DOT com> Message-ID: <18a9f44e-976f-e079-416e-2afee200efea@jhmg.net> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 11:37:18 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/78.0 Thunderbird/78.10.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <ef3af5d5-c90b-5cf2-15f6-2ad07cbc3bf0@maxrnd.com> Content-Language: en-US X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, NICE_REPLY_A, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports <cygwin.cygwin.com> List-Unsubscribe: <https://cygwin.com/mailman/options/cygwin>, <mailto:cygwin-request AT cygwin DOT com?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/> List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-request AT cygwin DOT com?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://cygwin.com/mailman/listinfo/cygwin>, <mailto:cygwin-request AT cygwin DOT com?subject=subscribe> From: Jim Garrison via Cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> Reply-To: jhg AT acm DOT org Cc: Jim Garrison <jhg AT jhmg DOT net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" Errors-To: cygwin-bounces AT cygwin DOT com Sender: "Cygwin" <cygwin-bounces AT cygwin DOT com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by delorie.com id 13QIbPr6032391 On 4/25/2021 5:15 PM, Mark Geisert wrote: > Jim Garrison via Cygwin wrote: >> Mintty's window does not seem to have any border at the left and bottom. >> The top of the window has the title menu bar and the right side is the >> scroll bar. When I have multiple mintty windows open, and they overlap, >> since there is no border, one window blends into another. >> >> I searched mintty's options and there doesn't seem to be a way to >> specify a border. If the window background is a light color, there's >> a subtle drop shadow that helps a bit, but with a dark style it's >> impossible to distinguish the windows. >> >> Here's a sample: >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/10zKWdie_nA-_hzsN8i_GeCw7VadJBmol/view?usp=sharing >> >> >> Is there a way to make it draw a border? > > As Thomas pointed out, not mintty's fault. I ran into the same issue on > first upgrade to Windows 10. Windows 7 allowed one to set window > borders; Windows 8 and up don't. But one can adjust registry entries to > fix the issue. Check here: > https://www.thewindowsclub.com/change-desktop-windows-metrics-border-width-windows-8 > > The fix outlined there works for Windows 10 too. > HTH, > > ..mark > Perfect, that's exactly what I need. Thanks. -- Jim Garrison jhg AT acm DOT org -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple