Add option to allow (by default) 80/132 switching

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0.6.1-1 disabled 80/132 switching by default.  Most Xterms have allow132 label 
for their VT options.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by dh.darre...@gmail.com on 7 Jul 2010 at 4:11

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A checkbox in the Options / Windows pane would help.

Original comment by dh.darre...@gmail.com on 7 Jul 2010 at 4:13

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It's off by default now because it's off by default in Cygwin's xterm and 
because 'screen' did unwelcome 80/132 switches. This was documented in the 
0.6.1 announcement. You can enable 80/132 switching using the relevant xterm 
control sequence:

echo $'\e[?40h'

Yours is the first query about this in over three months since the default 
changed, which makes me think that it's too obscure a feature for a GUI option.

I'm not sure what you mean by "Most Xterms have allow132 label for their VT 
options".

Original comment by andy.koppe on 7 Jul 2010 at 10:25

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Xterms have VToptions menu available to them via Control Middle Mouse button.  
You can also set the option via .Xdefaults.  One of the options listed is allow 
80/132 column switching.  The request was not to revert to change introduced in 
0.6.1, it is include an option to allow previous behavior.

Original comment by dh.darre...@gmail.com on 8 Jul 2010 at 2:38

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Mintty is aimed at xterm-compatible terminal emulation, but not an 
xterm-compatible UI. Xterm has well over a hundred options and its man page 
stretches to 4700 lines. I have no intention of replicating that, i.e. an 
option being present in xterm is not enough reason to add it to mintty.

Original comment by andy.koppe on 8 Jul 2010 at 8:28

• Changed title: Add option to allow (by default) 80/132 switching
• Changed state: Rejected