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Please do the following: Start `mintty -l log.txt` to log output to a fresh logfile. Run stuff, then `sleep 2; nvim; echo after nvim; sleep 2` and observe: When is...
The screen is cleared by a screenful of clear-to-end-of-line sequences (ESC[K). I assume your vim version is a Windows build, so it uses the Windows console API, which is transformed...
Please run `mintty -P on` just to check (ConPTY is enabled by newer versions of MSYS2 but not on older versions or you might have disabled it). Also, as I...
Works here. By the way, please drop irrelevant options (like --geometry) for a simpler test case.
C:\somefile.txt contains shell escape character \ which will be stripped from the actual argument, so of course the file is not opened. Assuming a similar effect for your last test...
What's the environment from which you start mintty? Another mintty window, a cmd console, ...? Let's reduce the test case: `mintty -h alw /bin/echo a b c`
> using mintty as standalone terminal on some windows pc as lightweight terminal to use with powershell This is possible. However, powershell seems to be putting itself in the background...
Your report is incomplete. You have likely run `wsl` inside the window. This is not supposed to be done as wsl runs its own idea of terminal functionality and obstructs...
See also the lengthy discussions about ConPTY passthrough mode (microsoft/terminal#1173).
To add some detail: wsl has the insane idea that "bold" would mean "bright white". It sets ANSI mode 97 explicitly, which is then correctly interpreted by mintty. You can...