Is Cygwin 3.1.X Stable Enough to Use?

[Lee]

On 2/20/20, Brian Inglis  wrote:
> On 2020-02-20 18:27, Takashi Yano wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:15:59 -0700
>> Brian Inglis wrote:
>>> On 2020-02-20 17:20, Takashi Yano wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 16:28:26 -0500
>>>> Lee wrote:
>>>>> For whatever it's worth, the only problem I've noticed with 3.1.4 was
>>>>> ansi control character handling and that was fixed by importing this
>>>>> bit into the registry:
>>>>>
>>>>> -------------
>>>>> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>>>>>
>>>>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console]
>>>>> "VirtualTerminalLevel"=dword:00000001
>>>>> -------------
>>>>
>>>> In what situation is registry modification obove necessary?
>>>
>>> Enables Console Host Virtual Terminal ANSI Escape Sequence Support; see:
>>> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/console-virtual-terminal-sequences
>>> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/setconsolemode
>>> https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2017/06/20/understanding-windows-console-host-settings/
>>> https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/new-experimental-console-features/
>>> https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/24-bit-color-in-the-windows-console/
>>> https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-command-line-unicode-and-utf-8-output-text-buffer/
>>> https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-command-line-introducing-the-windows-pseudo-console-conpty/
>>> https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-command-line-inside-the-windows-console/
>>> https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-command-line-the-evolution-of-the-windows-command-line/
>>> https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-command-line-backgrounder/
>>> https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Console-Docs
>>> https://github.com/microsoft/terminal
>>
>> I mean what is the problem which need this in cygwin.
>
> Windows programs which emit (or use?) console ANSI escape sequences run from
> cmd

This was from a mintty console(?) session.  There shouldn't have been
any windows programs involved.

Regards,
Lee

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