Re: Some questions about mintty

2009-06-25 Thread Andy Koppe
2009/6/25 Mark Harig: >> > At the bash shell prompt while editing commands is one example, but >> > it is also the case for me in text editors, vim or emacs, for example. >> > From the Options menu, I set the cursor type to block and set the >> > cursor color to a light color, say, yellow, and then

Re: Some questions about mintty

2009-06-24 Thread Mark Harig
> At the bash shell prompt while editing commands is one example, but > it is also the case for me in text editors, vim or emacs, for example. > From the Options menu, I set the cursor type to block and set the > cursor color to a light color, say, yellow, and then moved the block > cursor back ov

Re: Some questions about mintty

2009-06-23 Thread Andy Koppe
2009/6/23 Mark Harig : >> The background colour is used for text beneath the cursor, so if the >> cursor is visible infront of the background, the text beneath the >> cursor should be visible too. With the default white-on-black colours, >> you get black text inside a white cursor block. >> >> Is i

Re: Some questions about mintty

2009-06-23 Thread Mark Harig
> 3. When the color of the cursor is changed to a block, the text > � can be read through the block, but it appears that the text is > � always white. The background colour is used for text beneath the cursor, so if the cursor is visible infront of the background, the text beneath the cursor sho

Re: Some questions about mintty

2009-06-23 Thread Andy Koppe
2009/6/22 Mark Harig: > 1. There is no description of the '-e' switch in mintty's manual page. >   Is it an "execute-this-command" option?  Or, should the user be >   aware that it is specific to "execute this shell"? The -e option was added for compatibility with xterm and other terminals, but it