From 7a957978e41b4737530bf83bed82b7c177004b30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Hewitt <1939362+davidhewitt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 21:23:18 +0000
Subject: Default to ConPTY instead of WinPTY

---
 alacritty.yml | 15 +++++++--------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

(limited to 'alacritty.yml')

diff --git a/alacritty.yml b/alacritty.yml
index fa40e0b1..38303ee4 100644
--- a/alacritty.yml
+++ b/alacritty.yml
@@ -337,16 +337,15 @@
 # directory of the parent process will be used.
 #working_directory: None
 
-# Windows 10 ConPTY backend (Windows only)
+# WinPTY backend (Windows only)
 #
-# This will enable better color support and may resolve other issues,
-# however this API and its implementation is still young and so is
-# disabled by default, as stability may not be as good as the winpty
-# backend.
+# Alacritty defaults to using the newer ConPTY backend if it is available,
+# since it resolves a lot of bugs and is quite a bit faster. If it is not
+# available, the the WinPTY backend will be used instead.
 #
-# Alacritty will fall back to the WinPTY automatically if the ConPTY
-# backend cannot be initialized.
-#enable_experimental_conpty_backend: false
+# Setting this option to `true` makes Alacritty use the legacy WinPTY backend,
+# even if the ConPTY backend is available.
+#winpty_backend: false
 
 # Send ESC (\x1b) before characters when alt is pressed.
 #alt_send_esc: true
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