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| author | David Hewitt <1939362+davidhewitt@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-12-21 21:23:18 +0000 |
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| committer | Christian Duerr <contact@christianduerr.com> | 2019-12-21 21:23:18 +0000 |
| commit | 7a957978e41b4737530bf83bed82b7c177004b30 (patch) | |
| tree | f60ff89ce56e59622fa24e762c7eb37904c397e2 /README.md | |
| parent | 512461a2419d5794b0c472087640191bf17e25f2 (diff) | |
| download | alacritty-7a957978e41b4737530bf83bed82b7c177004b30.tar.gz alacritty-7a957978e41b4737530bf83bed82b7c177004b30.zip | |
Default to ConPTY instead of WinPTY
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@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ desktop environment has trouble rendering the default SVG icons, you can find a prerendered SVG as well as simplified versions of the SVG in the `extra/logo/compat` directory. -To work properly on Windows, Alacritty requires winpty to emulate UNIX's PTY -API. The agent is a single binary (`winpty-agent.exe`) which **must** be in -the same directory as the Alacritty executable and is available through the -[GitHub releases page](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/releases). +On Windows, Alacritty also requires Microsoft's VC++ redistributable. -On Windows, Alacritty also requires Microsoft's VC++ redistributable to work -properly. +For Windows versions older than Windows 10 (October 2018 Update), Alacritty +requires winpty to emulate UNIX's PTY API. The agent is a single binary +(`winpty-agent.exe`) which **must** be in the same directory as the Alacritty +executable and is available through the +[GitHub releases page](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/releases). ## Configuration |