Re: Small request for the new cygwin terminal

[Andy Koppe <andy.koppe@gmail.com>]

On 7 June 2012 15:56, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Koppe
> <snip/>
> It is done on purpose, to allow Shift+Esc to be bound to a different
> function if desired. It's documented here:
>
> [1] http://code.google.com/p/mintty/wiki/Keycodes#Special_keys
>
> Shift+ESC sends the Unicode codepoint U+009B, aka the Control Sequence
> Introducer (CSI) character.
> <snip/>
> -----END Original Message-----
>
> My experience does not agree with the "Special keys" table at the
> page referenced by that URL.
>
> When pressing the unmodified Pause/Break key, I get ^], which maps
> to Pause in your table, and pressing Ctrl+Pause/Break, I get ^\,
> which maps to Break in your table, so this agrees with the statement,
> "Pause and Break usually share a key, whereby Ctrl has to be pressed
> to get the Break function."
>
> But, when I press Shift+Pause/Break, because I'm not pressing Ctrl,
> I should get your table's Pause/Shift result, U+009C, but I get 9D.
> Similarly, when I press Ctrl+Shift+Pause/Break, because I am pressing
> Ctrl, I should get your table's Break/Shift result, U+009D, but I get 9C.

Oops, documentation error. Now fixed. Thanks very much for testing that.

The intention is that the Shift combination sends the basic control
character plus 0x80. See also the preceding section (which I've now
added a link to from the Special Keys section):

http://code.google.com/p/mintty/wiki/Keycodes#Ctrl

> Also, when I press either Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+Tab, instead of
> getting what the table indicates, I don't get anything at all.

You've probably got the shortcuts for switching among mintty windows
enabled on the Keys page of the options.

Andy

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