From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out-so.shaw.ca (smtp-out-so.shaw.ca [64.59.136.137]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E38BC384A034 for ; Thu, 7 May 2020 21:52:09 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org E38BC384A034 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=SystematicSw.ab.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=brian.inglis@systematicsw.ab.ca Received: from [192.168.1.104] ([24.64.172.44]) by shaw.ca with ESMTP id WoR4jZ30Y7t92WoR5joXVt; Thu, 07 May 2020 15:52:08 -0600 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=Os7UNx3t c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:117 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=lu2UBgvyAAAA:8 a=w_pzkKWiAAAA:8 a=JZeu4sPTHj9YQVegERsA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=rHmoWNr_x2gA:10 a=o-i7c3fn1qtj3kV1gIfB:22 a=sRI3_1zDfAgwuvI8zelB:22 Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: incorrect text mode graphic character display To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20200507081832.54306879@quarternote> <0afd85b5-9bc8-8b6e-a032-8ae9c4b1e0e0@gmail.com> <20200507130710.1ff1f684@quarternote> <20200507140945.56e74bce@quarternote> From: Brian Inglis Autocrypt: addr=Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata= mDMEXopx8xYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAnCK0qv/xwUCCZQoA9BHRYpstERrspfT0NkUWQVuoePa0 LkJyaWFuIEluZ2xpcyA8QnJpYW4uSW5nbGlzQFN5c3RlbWF0aWNTdy5hYi5jYT6IlgQTFggA PhYhBMM5/lbU970GBS2bZB62lxu92I8YBQJeinHzAhsDBQkJZgGABQsJCAcCBhUKCQgLAgQW AgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEB62lxu92I8Y0ioBAI8xrggNxziAVmr+Xm6nnyjoujMqWcq3oEhlYGAO WacZAQDFtdDx2koSVSoOmfaOyRTbIWSf9/Cjai29060fsmdsDLg4BF6KcfMSCisGAQQBl1UB BQEBB0Awv8kHI2PaEgViDqzbnoe8B9KMHoBZLS92HdC7ZPh8HQMBCAeIfgQYFggAJhYhBMM5 /lbU970GBS2bZB62lxu92I8YBQJeinHzAhsMBQkJZgGAAAoJEB62lxu92I8YZwUBAJw/74rF IyaSsGI7ewCdCy88Lce/kdwX7zGwid+f8NZ3AQC/ezTFFi5obXnyMxZJN464nPXiggtT9gN5 RSyTY8X+AQ== Organization: Systematic Software Message-ID: Date: Thu, 7 May 2020 15:52:06 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20200507140945.56e74bce@quarternote> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-CA Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfCnoL9LpkZd+p5GysqCkH9qQeRxETtw0Ui0N+64t+zai6uaYjMSJZfHFPqKYGHGZs953bAVRhFm0+l1YnHPV5gbJTFbdMFk5+Xaw/Ah7mksnvlTxgWB8 eIpFUZMwGilGKPGy57iEKTW6Aw+4HsCZbLvAddJoJipG8yyRKqjdi9cJenCQNhUJ3T/FwKkBTvjwHg== X-Spam-Status: No, score=-15.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 May 2020 21:52:17 -0000 On 2020-05-07 15:09, briand@pounceofcats.com wrote: > On Thu, 7 May 2020 20:19:29 +0000 > André Bleau via Cygwin wrote: >> Brian D wrote: >>> Assuming Julia is a not Cygwin program, >>> you can try "CYGWIN=disable_pcon" before any Cygwin process >> Did not help. >> Thanks for that though, I had no idea those kind of env variables were available. >> Character display problems do not depend only on the program you run, in >> your case, "Julia", whatever that is, but also in which terminal or console >> you run it, as it is the terminal that does the actual character display. >> If you run in in mintty for example, you could try: >> CYGWIN=disable_pcon /usr/bin/mintty >> and run Julia in the just opened mintty. >> I just happened to have a similar issue. If interested, look at: >> https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2020-May/244742.html > Julia is a programming language and what i've shown is the REPL for it. > I tried precisely what you showed there and it makes no difference at all. > I get the exact same display. > Humorously, it displays just fine in a windows cmd terminal. As that env var is interpreted by the main Cygwin process cygwin1.dll, which has to be unloaded and reloaded, I'd set CYGWIN=disable_pcon in the System environment, then shut down all Cygwin processes, as you would before running setup, log off, and log on. -- 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. [Data in IEC units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]