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Re: mintty problem with "tail -f" on Windows XP with virtual desktops
- From: Andy Koppe <andy dot koppe at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 07:01:57 +0100
- Subject: Re: mintty problem with "tail -f" on Windows XP with virtual desktops
- References: <AEEA59795BDCBB459FA74D48EC4E56BF0927DDD516@EXCHMB01.isis.local>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On 31 March 2011 19:45, Larry Breyer wrote:
> I am really glad I switched from rxvt to mintty as it works great with or without X11.
> I am seeing one problem, though, where I wonder if there is a fix.
Mintty isn't actually an X11 program, so cygwin-xfree is the wrong
list for this. Please send followups to the cygwin mailing list or the
mintty discussion group.
> I have observed the problem when switching between virtual desktops for both Windows
> Desktop Manager and Dexpot Desktop Manager.
By "Windows Desktop Manager" do you mean the "Virtual Desktop Manager"
powertoy? Which Windows version are we talking about?
> I frequently remote into servers and run "tail -f" to monitor various log files.
> I have noticed when I switched to another virtual desktop, the mintty sessions
> in the hidden virtual desktops do not get updated. ÂWhen I switch back to the
> desktop and hit the enter key within the mintty window it seems to catch up.
> But, for some reason, the windows display gets jumbled.
What exactly is getting jumbled and how?
> Is there a way to refresh the window such that it looks normal without disturbing
> the running process (tail)?
There are several ways you could force a refresh of mintty's display:
- minimize and restore
- scroll up and down
- flip screen and back (i.e. press Alt+F12 twice)
However, none of that should be necessary, i.e. it sounds like there's
a bug there somewhere. Do you have transparency enabled in mintty?
Does disabling or enabling it make a difference?
Regards,
Andy
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