liner not work properly in mintty (on Windows)

[filimonov]

• Operating System: Windows
• Terminal Emulator: mintty (and more generally - terminal Emulators running on Windows without support of native Windows API for command-line, but with ANSI control codes support)
• Bug behaviour: generally malfunction: liner doesn't control terminal window: no prompt, you can move cursor at the any place of the screen, etc.
• Expected behaviour: normal work transparently - with detection of terminals without Windows API support OR ability to force ANSI terminal mode on Windows (like liner.ForceAnsiTerminalMode(1)), OR documentation with description of possible workarounds for such terminals (like winpty)
• Complete sample that reproduces the bug: use "Getting started" sample

See also: https://github.com/mintty/mintty/wiki/Tips#inputoutput-interaction-with-alien-programs

[peterh]

Sorry, when I said "report this against mintty" I meant go to the mintty project and report a bug there.

By the link you referenced here, this is a known issue with mintty. They suggest using winpty as a workaround for their bug. I don't know if it works, but if it doesn't, you should take this up with them.

This is not a bug in Liner.