From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 69426 invoked by alias); 24 Jan 2017 15:58:57 -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 69382 invoked by uid 89); 24 Jan 2017 15:58:52 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,NORMAL_HTTP_TO_IP,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=Seven, H*f:sk:announc, H*MI:sk:announc, omega X-HELO: lb3-smtp-cloud3.xs4all.net Received: from lb3-smtp-cloud3.xs4all.net (HELO lb3-smtp-cloud3.xs4all.net) (194.109.24.30) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:58:42 +0000 Received: from tmp.l1wIMXX64l ([83.162.234.136]) by smtp-cloud3.xs4all.net with ESMTP id cFye1u0092xEdKF01Fyfse; Tue, 24 Jan 2017 16:58:39 +0100 Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:58:00 -0000 Message-ID: From: Houder To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: dash-0.5.8-3 References: In-Reply-to: User-Agent: mua.awk 0.99 X-SW-Source: 2017-01/txt/msg00299.txt.bz2 On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:36:55, "Eric Blake (cygwin)" wrote: > A new release of dash, 0.5.8-3, has been uploaded and will soon reach a > mirror near you; replacing 0.5.8-2, and leaving the previous version at > 0.5.7-1 on 32-bit and 0.5.7-4 on 64-bit. A note to let you know ... The dash interpreter has a minor problem with multi-byte characters ... .. at least on Cygwin, NOT on Fedora 24. When the omega symbol is entered, followed by a backspace, the input buffer is NOT correctly cleared (or so it appears to me). Executed in Windows Console: (but similar behaviour when executed using mintty) 64-@@ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-6.1 Seven 2.7.0(0.306/5/3) x86_64 Cygwin (but same behaviour on x86) 64-@@ dash # latest package (0.5.8-3) # enter alt-234 (omega symbol), followed by a backspace $ dash: 1: ▒: not found # enter alt-234 $ echo Ω | xxd 00000000: cea9 0a ... # enter alt-234, followed by a backspace $ echo | xxd 00000000: ce0a .. NOTE: this behaviour already existed BEFORE Corinna made her modification to cygwin1.dll in order to "please" Steven P. Regards, Henri ===== -- 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