Re: [Plplot-devel] Best git version for Windows?

[Jim D. <ji...@di...>]

> On Feb 21, 2017, at 4:45 PM, Alan W. Irwin <ir...@be...> wrote:
> 
> @Jim, Phil, and Arjen:
> 
> I used the git SF server just this morning with no issues.  Also, for
> the reasons discussed in README.developers you should avoid all gui
> versions or "enhanced" versions of git (i.e., try to stick as much as
> possible to the real thing).  Bearing those constraints in mind, that
> file recommends <https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit> for Windows
> users, but I just discovered from looking at that site that it has
> been obsoleted and msysgit developers now recommend using the "Git for
> Windows" <https://git-for-windows.github.io/> version of git instead.
> (I confirmed from that website it considers itself light-weight
> [check!] and it does have a command-line version [check!]).  So please
> give the command-line version of that project a try, and let us know
> whether it works well for you (which would allow us to recommend that
> Windows version of git in our README.developers file).
> 

I just pushed my first patch set after recovering from my VM failure.  I’m using the Git for Windows and everything appears to have worked.  I would appreciate it if someone who uses windows can double-check that the wingdi driver works.  One can print directly from the wingdi window by right-clicking and selecting Print