From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ed1-x52a.google.com (mail-ed1-x52a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::52a]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DE641385E824 for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2020 20:00:06 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org DE641385E824 Received: by mail-ed1-x52a.google.com with SMTP id z3so4246690edq.11 for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:00:06 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=oiv1GyIUgIKPWlOThTgxCPeojeGEPwLTGOiD1u1JCSU=; b=NWgLf0u5k2jof7V/36WAAZkQ/ehhjlmZbx9P0U6xrWl7FTvZ6vx/RGxl7Su8TxDEPO wyr1K+e/zU135SOvhkVB7SMGXigzPdE5gtUkZ/bK4sieOtnuGcHQ0ZwBfdxcmEXUMVF4 bePLcimOoeyO1QcVDAkuUvqB2o82NJI3umYa9uqt+WFRCiahSpgvSGiVmdOY666pN58F BXEvY+8elw8CtKTFsNZ62WQeVp5W/sEDtpWUqhQwlAfYHEjyQFb+sG4mBVZbdwig3WLo /SSioJs5FHkpSPRxv0xJRq20wBcT/OKwaJojKXvVtPNVAWG1KKMEO8wBxxb3/ENH1w4E pkYg== X-Gm-Message-State: ANhLgQ1gl/bg/tO/1N/oJgqHOupKfWTcak6Wgn+uNict2XS7HcKozLdy NQa9Xb/CvWRggofYHCIoWo+pXmu4FE7pKauAGxM= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADFU+vtgG22hELxbkCHFm1Q9MHKgCa75RH5jW3cVe4u7zS47H4dKPe7SgEZrhX5NQzMX9+jEgI9zNIgOPxMBzYHkBV0= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:c837:: with SMTP id dd23mr5136844ejb.160.1584648005841; Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:00:05 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <77d22efc-4a2c-422a-c7d5-22b5632e707d@cornell.edu> <1645225181.20200318182240@yandex.ru> In-Reply-To: From: "William M. (Mike) Miller" Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:59:53 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: After cygwin upgrade, Emacs shell buffers with colors are corrupted To: David Karr Cc: Ken Brown , The Cygwin Mailing List X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_MESSAGE, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Cygwin mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 20:00:08 -0000 On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 3:51 PM David Karr via Cygwin wrote: > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 2:17 PM David Karr <> wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 9:38 AM Ken Brown via Cygwin <> wrote: > > > >> On 3/18/2020 11:22 AM, Andrey Repin wrote: > >> > Greetings, David Karr! > >> > > >> >> Thanks, that worked. For now, I guess I have to figure out how to > set > >> that > >> >> property permanently, or until this pty bug is fixed.. I start Emacs > >> from a > >> >> shortcut, executing "emacs.xml". I see the file appears to have some > >> >> syntax for setting the environment, but I've never inspected that > file > >> >> before. > >> > > >> > You set it in Windows. > >> > >> Not necessarily. He might just want to set it for emacs. Editing > >> emacs.xml is > >> a fine way to do it. > >> > > > > I have no idea whether I would want to do it only for Emacs, as I don't > > know what the issue is. > > > > However, if I wanted to, could you point me to the documentation for > > changing that file? The README doesn't say anything about this. > > > > > Just so it's clear, Ken Brown directly sent me some information of what he > knew about the emacs.xml documentation, but it didn't appear to work. > > I've verified that setting the CYGWIN variable globally to "disable_pcon" > has resolved the problem. > This is what I did as well to address the problem of M-x gdb not working in emacs in a new Cygwin installation. I don't know what I might be losing in other functionality by setting the CYGWIN environment variable globally to "disable_pcon", but it did address my gdb issue effectively. -- William M. (Mike) Miller | Edison Design Group william.m.miller@gmail.com