[ANNOUNCEMENT] cygwin 3.2.0-0.1 (TEST)

Corinna Vinschen corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Wed Mar 10 11:06:08 GMT 2021


On Mar 10 03:38, André Bleau via Cygwin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Last year, I reported a problem about console output with pcon support. For the simple test program, see:
> https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2020-May/244742.html
> 
> I was told (https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2020-May/244745.html) that I need to inset the following lines in my program:
> 
> #include <windows.h>
> ...
> DWORD mode;
> GetConsoleMode(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), &mode);
> mode |= ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING;
> SetConsoleMode(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), mode);
> 
> It worked. 
> 
> Now, I just downloaded cygwin 3.2.0-0.1 and retested my program with and without the above lines. Both work correctly.
> 
> Are the above lines no longer necessary? In that case, it could be
> useful to say so in the release notes.

If you have a concise, one-sentence description, I'll add it to the
release notes.


Thanks,
Corinna


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