From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-lf1-x12a.google.com (mail-lf1-x12a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::12a]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 229053858C53 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2023 07:18:24 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 229053858C53 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com Received: by mail-lf1-x12a.google.com with SMTP id 2adb3069b0e04-500a8b2b73eso400719e87.0 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2023 00:18:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20221208; t=1692947902; x=1693552702; h=content-transfer-encoding:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=nPcG7w7hlgh+dxrjFJpK1bhGjE6arfZ4Qn3kbI8emhs=; b=Fa4RRI9hFzqNcDXJ7wtQ/YHoHaeQf4Dp7tZTdEDZsdCkIq1eR/tc/prkqDXAPKSddh qPEv9AN6Lz4pgAiBsR/pTV55/xIwSEYwCeFuQu5sfG59P6SiPOOsZwNYrrDJ7dlzoNL2 4Ng5CVFtHsbEwRYfwgyja9/6mSE6yCyNthAVBn1EqeCdoeQ4Ftytt8A3+BwXuPkqW1Ov rBA1xN+wEK0vwuPWIbh7H+DkVKKgl9i14eZ1N3SygodYdxBlmQGASa4tGcaPzT5WqPtn YxzjHJFMKIkpRi6rEiPkFhHXCZ9wyEfioSNgXWZPQkxQl+wC/UDgHGTbUC8t9skTfMBt +63Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1692947902; x=1693552702; h=content-transfer-encoding:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=nPcG7w7hlgh+dxrjFJpK1bhGjE6arfZ4Qn3kbI8emhs=; b=QrOJxCmVSYRo+tEL53tls38s4cMt9iE8UQ6pRKHL7rhb9UQVI+oMhOi+M9suTbdDgD rkaoh7NQDurm975wzGautZQqcKKAK5xwCR+X0l58Zu0w3lBbGoxrxGSiv+TIgQif6dS/ slzg3xHuXRT+aW608wZsCK0BLWX7Tgh5X6OWmG7m260+MWj/4S7FWUcXl1cBo4LgudVP x3U/x1M/LDMUSXlj9c2h9PYLX6HbQyi2KjOTuMG18uCw/QaXrlbJEYwOhVXeDfyuhqCH PAxeZWbLvBceBTLLsD9b0XQhfHZIbooplx1iWZmBgeGugRTzyX7gUF+8DHe8UxnNy+/h 1/jg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yylx5Ky1r2dNF62V3Bf7iHHC0boU5iiZJ/KsxQzmMy6Fte0Bcyu 1LOFWLOG47LWTCJ0yYmIhV6mRIWcBFwpFnwort8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IEbkCDPkW5Q+YKmvsmj1RNK/o0VGG0UFD/P79/cjws7BkWsBqzgK2IdlWx24fluHFmXXmrc4RlpLhyRjbx0YeY= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6512:ba6:b0:500:a378:db71 with SMTP id b38-20020a0565120ba600b00500a378db71mr2826371lfv.57.1692947902330; Fri, 25 Aug 2023 00:18:22 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <2ebdb074-383b-4948-8ebb-a41821dd7356@jhmg.net> <20230825004159.GA2657@phoenix> <7d6b3a36-b1ce-6755-a97f-7cf52fd70ae0@towo.net> <20230825065258.GB2657@phoenix> In-Reply-To: <20230825065258.GB2657@phoenix> From: Backwoods BC Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 00:18:09 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: mintty window border? To: Gary Johnson , cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 10:54=E2=80=AFPM Gary Johnson via Cygwin wrote: > > On 2023-08-25, Thomas Wolff via Cygwin wrote: > > > > > > Am 25.08.2023 um 02:41 schrieb Gary Johnson via Cygwin: > > >On 2023-08-24, Backwoods BC via Cygwin wrote: > > >>On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 11:08=E2=80=AFAM Jim Garrison via Cygwin > > >> wrote: > > >>>This is an update to a question I had a couple of years ago > > >>>https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2021-April/248367.html > > >>> > > >>>Windows 11 now has an "accent color" option under > > >>>Settings/Personalization/Colors that adds a thin (1px?) border aroun= d > > >>>all windows, in a user-selectable color. This definitively eliminat= es > > >>>the problem seen with overlapping mintty windows that have a dark gr= ey > > >>>or black background (where the shadow isn't visible). > > >>> > > >>>Just FYI > > >>> > > >>>-- > > >>>Jim Garrison > > >>>jhg@acm.org > > >>This is also true for Windows 10, although I may have had to > > >>explicitly enable it (I don't remember). > > >It's in the same place on Windows 10. I just enabled it. Thank you b= oth! > > But it adds the thin border only to the foreground window... > > Thomas > > Yes, it's not as good as having a border around all windows all the > time, or around just mintty and gvim windows, but it is so much > better than nothing at all, or so it seems so far. > > Regards, > Gary I get borders around both active and inactive windows, but then I've spent hours (probably days) messing with registry values in an attempt to gain the kind of UI control that was built into XP. I don't know which change I made that gave me borders, but it is possible. Any combination of these changes may have done it -- or none of them (I changed a lot of things): [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM] "AccentColorInactive"=3Ddword:00ccddee [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accen= t] "MotionAccentId_v1.00"=3Ddword:000000db "AccentPalette"=3Dhex:a9,ef,ff,00,79,e6,ff,00,48,d2,f2,00,00,99,bc,00,00,6b= ,83,\ 00,00,4b,5c,00,00,32,3d,00,e3,00,8c,00 "StartColorMenu"=3Ddword:ff836b00 "AccentColorMenu"=3Ddword:ffbc9900 "TaskbarColorOverride"=3Ddword:ffff0000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Syste= m] "NoSizeChoice"=3Ddword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Syste= m] "NoDispBackgroundPage"=3Ddword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Syste= m] "NoDispScrSavPage"=3Ddword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Syste= m] "NoDispCPL"=3Ddword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Syste= m] "NoDispSettingsPage"=3Ddword:00000000