From: Thomas Wolff <towo@towo.net>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mintty 2.8.0
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 22:13:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <announce.cf413661-b271-cf5c-29ba-87fe94dfcbc6@towo.net> (raw)
I have uploaded mintty 2.8.0 with the following changes.
This release features 3 major enhancements:
 * Virtual Tabs feature set, including a session switcher and launcher
 * filled gaps in DEC terminal support up to VT300 series level
 * simplified WSL integration
Details:
Window and session control
 * Virtual Tabs (#8, #600).
 * Options SessionCommands, SessionGeomSync, Menu*.
Configuration
 * New option BellFlashStyle (#676) and more moderate default flash style.
 * Option -l / --log implies Logging=yes.
 * `mintheme` command-line theme switcher (#685).
 * Preventing @cjknarrow locale modifier for WSL (#686).
 * Fixed Alt+F2 in same dir (with OSC 701) not to expand symbolic links.
 * Options HighlightBackgroundColour and HighlightForegroundColour.
WSL support
 * Option --WSL= to run WSL session (mintty/wsltty#52,
mintty/wsltty#59, ~mintty/wsltty#60).
 * Option -~ to start in user's home directory (~mintty/wsltty#3).
 * Update availability check for wsltty build refers to wsltty version
(mintty/wsltty#20).
 * Fixed rootfs handling in pathname conversion (mintty/wsltty#19).
Terminal control sequences
 * Fixed status string DECRQSS (#689, #690, mintty/wsltty#55,
vim/vim#2003).
 * DEC Locator mouse mode (facilitating pixel-based position).
 * DECRQM request mode (to reach VT300 conformance level).
 * Save/Restore DEC Private Mode (DECSET) values (#267).
 * DECSTR soft terminal reset.
 * DSR DEC variant (cursor/printer status).
 * REP: repeat preceding character.
 * OSC 50: set/query font.
 * OSC 17/19/117/119: set/reset selection highlight colours.
Character display
 * Tweaked width expansion of ambiguous-width characters (#680, ~#638,
~#615).
 * Fixed notes on ambiguous-width handling with Locale parameter (~#686).
 * Legacy character set support: NRC, DEC Supplemental, GR invocation.
 * Fixed NRC single shift with attributes.
 * DEC Tech: tweaked √/Σ segments (hand-drawn), fixed double-size
characters.
 * Fraktur font support (ANSI character attribute 20).
Keyboard
 * Workaround for broken AltGr of Windows on-screen keyboard (#692).
Localization meanwhile available for (in alphabetical order of locale ids):
 * German, English (UK/US), Spanish, French, Japanese, Russian, Chinese.
The homepage is at http://mintty.github.io/
It also links to the issue tracker.
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Thomas
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