From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 92087 invoked by alias); 28 Jan 2017 13:44:30 -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 91219 invoked by uid 89); 28 Jan 2017 13:44:25 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=Hx-languages-length:1467, Erik, H*F:D*nl, management X-HELO: lb1-smtp-cloud6.xs4all.net Received: from lb1-smtp-cloud6.xs4all.net (HELO lb1-smtp-cloud6.xs4all.net) (194.109.24.24) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Sat, 28 Jan 2017 13:44:15 +0000 Received: from tmp.dRCnYiCKQ8 ([83.162.234.136]) by smtp-cloud6.xs4all.net with ESMTP id dpkB1u00b2xEdKF01pkCHw; Sat, 28 Jan 2017 14:44:13 +0100 Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 13:44:00 -0000 Message-ID: <81b5af354b7a3925ff0a68dcc063265f@smtp-cloud6.xs4all.net> From: Houder To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: dash-0.5.8-3 References: <58893f48.0850ca0a.6c5d.5fde@mx.google.com> In-Reply-to: <58893f48.0850ca0a.6c5d.5fde@mx.google.com> User-Agent: mua.awk 0.99 X-SW-Source: 2017-01/txt/msg00352.txt.bz2 On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:14:00, Steven Penny wrote: > Obviously Bash is not the problem, nor readline as Dash doesnt use readline. So > it appears the issue this time is again with cygwin1.dll, or perhaps the Dash > package. .. uhm, it appears to me that Windows is the issue here. As those in the know do not feel inclined to respond, I will provide some guesses that are my own: - in terms of input buffer management, utf-8 encoded characters will not be recognized in case of bash and dash ... (they are under Fedora) - see the output of stty -a: iutf8 is not present (it is under Fedora) - readline provides bash with input buffer management for utf-8 encoded characters on Windows (that is why it 'works' in case of bash) - bash has support for utf-8 encoded characters ... (e.g. ls -l ? will include one-character filenames in case the name is made up of only one multi-byte character) - dash has no such support ... [1][2] Consequently, dash is only partly useful, even more so on Windows (as it would require an additional "helper" on Windows in order to obtain proper line-editing). Helper? readline, libedit ... However, I am only guessing ... (only Erik and Corinna can provide expert details here). Regards, Henri 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almquist_shell see Debian Almquist Shell 2. http://www.mail-archive.com/dash@vger.kernel.org/msg01072.html reply by Hertbert Xu, project owner of dash ===== -- 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