Mintty Files

Terminal features

• Font glyph coverage enquiry also works beyond the Unicode BMP (~#1352).
• Suppress ReGIS delay command on graphics refresh.
• Ensure refresh of blinking graphics (broken since 3.7.9).
• Fix emoji sequence rendering in context of font or changing attributes.
• Fix glitch of incomplete emoji joiner at end of line.
• DECRQM requests for UTF-8, ambiguous-wide and emoji width modes (xterm 407).

Character rendering

• Font substitution mechanism checks glyph coverage and selects suitable alternative font (#1352).
• Narrow single-cell-rendered emoji graphics.
• Narrow certain single-cell-rendered emoji text presentations from Miscellaneous ranges.
• In emoji width mode, apply VS15 modifier to narrow character.
• Do not display VS15/VS16 modifiers, or Fitzpatrick in emoji width mode.
• Emoji width mode can be preconfigured as default.

Keyboard handling

• After IME option switch, reset Control state to avoid input misinterpretation (#1353).
• User-defined key assignments (setting KeyFunctions) stay in effect in shortcut override mode (~#1351).
• Restrict VT220 application keypad sequences to VT220 mode by default (#1357).
• Support previous special VT220-style keypad sequences if Escape key mode enabled (~#1357).

Window handling

• Drag-and-drop onto terminal or Options sets window focus (#1354).
• Keep window maximised after changing monitor dimensions (git-for-windows/git#6085).
• Default width of line-style cursors can now be configured (#1360).

Other

• Restore Windows XP compatibility.
• Fix WSL home dir conversion (option -~).
• Make reading from clipboard more reliable (https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2026-February/259438.html).
• Manual: note on how to override overridden shortcuts (#1364) with user-defined functions.

Configuration

• New option DropFocus (#1354).
• New option FontSubst (#1352).
• New option CursorSize (#1360).
• New option OldAppKeypad (#1357).
• New option EmojiWidth.
• Enable drag-and-drop from updated 4bit Color Scheme Designer (#1363).