From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5992 invoked by alias); 6 Jun 2019 23:03:05 -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 5320 invoked by uid 89); 6 Jun 2019 23:03:05 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy= X-HELO: smtp-out-no.shaw.ca Received: from smtp-out-no.shaw.ca (HELO smtp-out-no.shaw.ca) (64.59.134.12) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 06 Jun 2019 23:03:03 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.114] ([24.64.172.44]) by shaw.ca with ESMTP id Z1PQhdiQWldkPZ1PRhi9GC; Thu, 06 Jun 2019 17:03:02 -0600 Reply-To: Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca Subject: Re: Dragging from explorer to cygwin terminal is not putting the path into the terminal To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <8cec6ce1-8fe7-8baf-3c74-d3cba7485e5e@SystematicSw.ab.ca> From: Brian Inglis Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Message-ID: Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 23:03:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2019-06/txt/msg00079.txt.bz2 On 2019-06-06 16:22, Academy OfFetishes wrote: > On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 2:59 PM Brian Inglis wrote: > On 2019-06-06 12:00, Academy OfFetishes wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 10:51 AM Brian Inglis wrote: > > On 2019-06-05 22:26, Academy OfFetishes wrote: > >> I tried to google for this but couldn't find anyone with the same problem. > >> I'm using mintty 3.0.1 and cygwin 3.0.7(0.338/5/3). > >> On my previous computer, if I dragged a file from my explorer to the > >> cygwin terminal, the cygwin terminal used to be populated with the full > >> path to that file.  Now when I do this, the cygwin terminal isn't > >> affected. > >> How do I get it to work the way it used to?  I want dragging from my > >> explorer to the terminal to expand the full path of the filename in my > >> terminal. > > > Works fine for me. > > Start by examining your assumptions - run and post output from: > > $ cmd /c ver > > Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.503] > > $ uname -srvmo > > CYGWIN_NT-10.0 3.0.7(0.338/5/3) 2019-04-30 18:08 x86_64 Cygwin > > $ mintty --version > > mintty 3.0.1 (x86_64-pc-cygwin) > > © 2013/2019 Andy Koppe / Thomas Wolff > > License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later > > There is no warranty, to the extent permitted by law. > > Good so far - all normal. > > > Next check your Cygwin or mintty startup and post the mintty startup command > > here. > > Do you mean the .bash_profile? > > No I mean the Windows bat, cmd command line, or lnk shortcut property command > that launches your mintty window. > > Ah it's a shortcut and it runs this: C:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe -i > /Cygwin-Terminal.ico - Normal   > > Then attach your ~/.minttyrc as text to your post: sometimes you make a tweak > > and forget, then much later, remember you messed yourself up. ;^> > > It looks like this: > > BoldAsFont=no > > FontHeight=20 > > RightClickAction=paste > > Font=Courier New > > Only issue I see is that this font should have 7mm high lines, so either you > have a huge screen with smallish windows in them, or you could be running with > some accessibility or scaling software that could interfere. What is your screen > setup like and are you using any such settings or software? > > Yeah I have a huge high resolution screen and bad eyes.  It looks like this: > https://imgur.com/ppTljLs > > I made it that tall by changing the properties of the terminal and I did that by > changing these settings: https://imgur.com/3zhCMEX > > One thing I did change is this setting on windows (I forgot until you asked): > https://imgur.com/a/M0ckjZs I recognized the possible setup from people who were probably legally blind. >> Also check if you have an /etc/minttyrc which may change settings, and >> attach as text if present. >> I don't have that file on my computer. > > Good - as expected. Nothing there should have any impact on Drag'n'Drop filenames but your "bloat" removal could have disabled aspects of Drag'n'Drop. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. -- 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