Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.1-1

2017-01-12 Thread David Macek
On 10. 1. 2017 1:39, Steven Penny wrote: > On Sun, 18 Dec 2016 09:41:29, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> - Fix regression in console charset handling >> Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-10/msg0.html > > It looks like fixing this may have caused another issue. Example test: > > With c

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.1-1

2017-01-12 Thread John Hein
Steven Penny wrote at 16:39 -0800 on Jan 9, 2017: > On Sun, 18 Dec 2016 09:41:29, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > - Fix regression in console charset handling > > Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-10/msg0.html > > It looks like fixing this may have caused another issue. Example

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.1-1

2017-01-11 Thread Steven Penny
On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 18:22:26, Eliot Moss wrote: > I think that encouraging more positive and professional > interchanges *is* constructive, in the broader sense of > building community, but YMMV. Thank you for your input. However, did you have an answer to the question at hand? -- Problem report

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.1-1

2017-01-11 Thread Steven Penny
On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 14:41:04, Brian Inglis wrote: > I have not seen you provide any output from the locale command, > or any mention of your Windows regional settings. That is not how this works. I posit that this is a Cygwin issue, not a Steven issue. I went back through all the posts of this th

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.1-1

2017-01-11 Thread Eliot Moss
I think that encouraging more positive and professional interchanges *is* constructive, in the broader sense of building community, but YMMV. Regards -- Eliot Moss -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http:

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.1-1

2017-01-11 Thread Steven Penny
On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 15:40:49, Eliot Moss wrote: > On 1/11/2017 2:37 PM, Steven Penny wrote: > I am getting tired of the somewhat sniping tone of this email thread. Thank you for the email. However, did you have something constructive to add to the conversation, like an answer to the issue? -- Pr

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.1-1

2017-01-11 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2017-01-11 12:37, Steven Penny wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 10:53:55, Brian Inglis wrote: >> Launch Character Map app, find Omega, Select, and Copy, and you should >> be able to paste it into any window. > > Nope. I made it clear already, even from my first post that it doesnt work > from >

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.1-1

2017-01-11 Thread Eliot Moss
On 1/11/2017 2:37 PM, Steven Penny wrote: On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 10:53:55, Brian Inglis wrote: Launch Character Map app, find Omega, Select, and Copy, and you should be able to paste it into any window. Nope. I made it clear already, even from my first post that it doesnt work from pasting. Pos

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.1-1

2017-01-11 Thread Steven Penny
On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 10:53:55, Brian Inglis wrote: > Launch Character Map app, find Omega, Select, and Copy, and you should > be able to paste it into any window. Nope. I made it clear already, even from my first post that it doesnt work from pasting. > Post your cmd console code page and locale

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.1-1

2017-01-11 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2017-01-11 05:51, Steven Penny wrote: > On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:49:16, Brian Inglis wrote: >> Both of which run under the cmd console > > No, they dont. They both run under the Console Window Host. > >> You can look up which characters are displayed using Alt-numpad-digits >> at https://en.wik

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.1-1

2017-01-11 Thread Steven Penny
On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:49:16, Brian Inglis wrote: > Both of which run under the cmd console No, they dont. They both run under the Console Window Host. > You can look up which characters are displayed using Alt-numpad-digits > at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437 or in the selected cod

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.1-1

2017-01-10 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2017-01-10 17:00, Steven Penny wrote: > On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 13:08:30, Brian Inglis wrote: >> Alt-numpad-decimal e.g. Alt234 depends on the console codepage >> selected. > > I tested this on Windows 7 in a pristine virtual machine, and cmd.exe > passes just fine, even with code page 437 and crap

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.1-1

2017-01-10 Thread Michael Enright
On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Steven Penny wrote: > It looks like fixing this may have caused another issue. Example test: > > With cmd.exe, you can type Alt 234 and it produces > GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA U+03A9. However with Cygwin via Cygwin.bat it > yields > nothing. Non ASCII characters c

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.1-1

2017-01-10 Thread Steven Penny
On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 13:08:30, Brian Inglis wrote: > Alt-numpad-decimal e.g. Alt234 depends on the console codepage selected. I tested this on Windows 7 in a pristine virtual machine, and cmd.exe passes just fine, even with code page 437 and crappy raster font. Meanwhile bash.exe fails. > Mintty s

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.1-1

2017-01-10 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2017-01-09 17:39, Steven Penny wrote: > On Sun, 18 Dec 2016 09:41:29, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> - Fix regression in console charset handling >> Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-10/msg0.html > > It looks like fixing this may have caused another issue. Example test: > > With c

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.1-1

2017-01-09 Thread Steven Penny
On Sun, 18 Dec 2016 09:41:29, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > - Fix regression in console charset handling > Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-10/msg0.html It looks like fixing this may have caused another issue. Example test: With cmd.exe, you can type Alt 234 and it produces GREEK CA

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.1-1

2016-12-21 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 21 19:10, David Stacey wrote: > On 18/12/16 08:41, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > I uploaded Cygwin to release 2.6.1-1. > Just a curiosity: the file timestamps for the source and binary are a day > apart. Normally, both are created and uploaded at the same time. I'm sure > there's a good reason

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.1-1

2016-12-21 Thread David Stacey
On 18/12/16 08:41, Corinna Vinschen wrote: I uploaded Cygwin to release 2.6.1-1. Just a curiosity: the file timestamps for the source and binary are a day apart. Normally, both are created and uploaded at the same time. I'm sure there's a good reason for this, but just being cautious... Dave.

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.1-1

2016-12-18 Thread Corinna Vinschen
Hi folks, I uploaded Cygwin to release 2.6.1-1. This is a bugfix release only. === What's new: --- - Add _PC_CASE_INSENSITIVE flag to [f]pathconf(3). Bug Fixes - - Fix regression in console charset handling