Request for a thicker line cursor in Mintty

Andy Koppe andy.koppe@gmail.com
Mon Aug 2 12:01:00 GMT 2010


On 1 August 2010 15:03, JOHNER Jean 066030 wrote:
> On 1 August 2010 09:43, Andy Koppe wrote:
>>
>> Turns out there's a global Windows setting for the cursor width, at
>> Control Panel -> Accessibility Options -> Display (that's where it is
>> in XP anyway). Trouble is, mintty doesn't support it, but fixing that
>> will address the issue without having to introduce a new option, so
>> that's what I'll do.
>
> Right.
> NotePad takes account of this setting but WordPad does not.

... except in the font setting boxes above the text area. Similarly in
Excel. Wouldn't happen in Cupertino. :)

> Do you want me to enter an enhancement issue in
> http://code.google.com/p/mintty/issues?

Don't bother with this one, but in general, the tracker is the best
way to ensure I don't forget about an issue (and to avoid boring the
denizens of the Cygwin list with mintty-specific stuff).

Andy

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