From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23916 invoked by alias); 2 Sep 2018 12:51:20 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 23905 invoked by uid 89); 2 Sep 2018 12:51:20 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=Hx-languages-length:662, H*M:1c69fb81, HX-Received:sk:18-v6mr, H*M:google X-HELO: mail-oi0-f65.google.com Received: from mail-oi0-f65.google.com (HELO mail-oi0-f65.google.com) (209.85.218.65) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Sun, 02 Sep 2018 12:51:19 +0000 Received: by mail-oi0-f65.google.com with SMTP id t68-v6so29224819oie.12 for ; Sun, 02 Sep 2018 05:51:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:date:from:subject:to:references:user-agent; bh=oSyQngxGGXX+qRK/Av3Ar2JPnQZui1Jx6ju8kt0RaiQ=; b=NhtDLo6nP/a/Ay37dk2kSQJr54exPdKIXaQkbAQj8nX/6kw0SionOVVLfFIQY3+AH9 PgDNYn0ktfB7S5jpPhpI69B2NpDrTCbdtTJHtD/U3EwDdZNv63OMmKsrapkGuFHK0rTx GwAa6Li91yyJ3XhDdWMmsbiH3Vk4V8bItfB7EFzmwlt1VqUCL4VMHbEMRpjvhjZLVU9d Y0dkR0H3F9dG3sjdr/z26A0rVmXZ/YtgkxhbhXS3MYqkTt6S8uS5sPthjrBFmQ100ECJ Vxv2nlNF/M9ab7hqGByXU2FELB5lDlwkCwkQhfPcBJSNoI2SzxwY7Ts+KODoy7veASMG Oikg== Return-Path: Received: from UiI (cpe-76-182-193-237.tx.res.rr.com. [76.182.193.237]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j125-v6sm28496388oih.53.2018.09.02.05.51.16 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 02 Sep 2018 05:51:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5b8bdcc4.1c69fb81.84d1a.e6b9@mx.google.com> Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2018 12:51:00 -0000 From: Steven Penny Subject: Re: Cygwin fails to utilize Unicode replacement character To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <7942b18e-96bf-a824-4dac-82715d87af55@towo.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8; format=flowed User-Agent: Tryst/2.8.0 (cup.github.io/tryst) X-SW-Source: 2018-09/txt/msg00038.txt.bz2 On Sun, 2 Sep 2018 10:07:10, Thomas Wolff wrote: > Actually, the width problem I suggested in my other response (and even > referring to the wrong character) does not apply as mintty enforces > proper width in that case. > Also, even with fonts that do not provide the glyph, you will usually > still see it by the Windows font fallback mechanism. > Shall I make it configurable? your call - here are the possible resolutions - in order of my preference: 1. Change the default to U+FFFD with no option 2. Change the default to U+FFFD with option to change 3. Leave default as is with option to change -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple