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[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mintty 2.8.0
- From: Thomas Wolff <towo at towo dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 23:47:59 +0200
- Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mintty 2.8.0
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I have uploaded mintty 2.8.0 with the following changes.
This release features 3 major enhancements:
* Virtual Tabs feature set, including a session switcher and launcher
* filled gaps in DEC terminal support up to VT300 series level
* simplified WSL integration
Details:
Window and session control
* Virtual Tabs (#8, #600).
* Options SessionCommands, SessionGeomSync, Menu*.
Configuration
* New option BellFlashStyle (#676) and more moderate default flash style.
* Option -l / --log implies Logging=yes.
* `mintheme` command-line theme switcher (#685).
* Preventing @cjknarrow locale modifier for WSL (#686).
* Fixed Alt+F2 in same dir (with OSC 701) not to expand symbolic links.
* Options HighlightBackgroundColour and HighlightForegroundColour.
WSL support
* Option --WSL= to run WSL session (mintty/wsltty#52,
mintty/wsltty#59, ~mintty/wsltty#60).
* Option -~ to start in user's home directory (~mintty/wsltty#3).
* Update availability check for wsltty build refers to wsltty version
(mintty/wsltty#20).
* Fixed rootfs handling in pathname conversion (mintty/wsltty#19).
Terminal control sequences
* Fixed status string DECRQSS (#689, #690, mintty/wsltty#55,
vim/vim#2003).
* DEC Locator mouse mode (facilitating pixel-based position).
* DECRQM request mode (to reach VT300 conformance level).
* Save/Restore DEC Private Mode (DECSET) values (#267).
* DECSTR soft terminal reset.
* DSR DEC variant (cursor/printer status).
* REP: repeat preceding character.
* OSC 50: set/query font.
* OSC 17/19/117/119: set/reset selection highlight colours.
Character display
* Tweaked width expansion of ambiguous-width characters (#680, ~#638,
~#615).
* Fixed notes on ambiguous-width handling with Locale parameter (~#686).
* Legacy character set support: NRC, DEC Supplemental, GR invocation.
* Fixed NRC single shift with attributes.
* DEC Tech: tweaked √/Σ segments (hand-drawn), fixed double-size
characters.
* Fraktur font support (ANSI character attribute 20).
Keyboard
* Workaround for broken AltGr of Windows on-screen keyboard (#692).
Localization meanwhile available for (in alphabetical order of locale ids):
* German, English (UK/US), Spanish, French, Japanese, Russian, Chinese.
The homepage is at http://mintty.github.io/
It also links to the issue tracker.
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Thomas
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