On 2020-10-24 13:11, Federico Kircheis via Cygwin wrote: > On 10/24/20 8:10 PM, Brian Inglis wrote: >> On 2020-10-24 09:04, Federico Kircheis via Cygwin wrote: >>> I've lately updated Windows to the latest version, and cygwin too (I had >>> something previous to 3.0). >>> I've read that interaction with non-cygwin programs should be better >>> because of >>> the console-helper. >>> But in my daily usage the integration is worse, programs like tmux or even >>> less >>> seems to have more issues than before. >>> For example >>> /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/TortoiseSVN/bin/svn log | less >>> used to work correctly. >>> Currently if I press arrow down or up less does not scroll up or down >>> anymore >>> and "ESC[" appears briefly at the top-left of the console. >>> >>> Of course i could install subversion inside cygwin, as >>> svn log | less >>> works without issues, but it's just an example. >>> git, adb, and other programs trigger the same behavior. >>> Also less is not the only program, tmux for example has similar issues. >>> >>> I believe the underlying issue is console-helper but I'm not sure how I >>> could >>> test it, as I did, for example, not find how I could disable it, or if the >>> issue >>> is already known. >>> >>> I'm able to reproduce the issue on a clean machine, so it should not be a >>> configuration issue on my side. >> >> I think setting CYGWIN=disable_pcon in your user or system environment should >> disable it: search for that setting for more information. >> > > Thank you, setting CYGWIN to disable_pcon as environment variable did the > trick > with, I'll observe in the next days if all my issues are really gone. > > Unfortunately it seems that it is only possible to set this variable globally, > correct? > > It is not possible, for example, to set it from bash only for some processes. > > AFAIK I cannot have both > > /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/TortoiseSVN/bin/svn log | less > > and > > /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Python/Python39/python > > working correctly, as the first works with CYGWIN=disable_pcon and the second > not.
I doubt it, but you could try if it could work using e.g. $ alias wpython='CYGWIN="" /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Python/Python39/python' $ wpython ... -- 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 binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.] -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
