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patch 8.1.0909: MS-Windows: using ConPTY even though it is not stable commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d9ef1b8d77f304c83241f807c17ffa26c9033778 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Wed Feb 13 19:23:10 2019 +0100 patch 8.1.0909: MS-Windows: using ConPTY even though it is not stable Problem: MS-Windows: using ConPTY even though it is not stable. Solution: When ConPTY version is unstable, prefer using winpty. (Ken Takata, closes #3949)
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
date Wed, 13 Feb 2019 19:30:09 +0100
parents c017195b121b
children 734b1928a5aa
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--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -8112,12 +8112,14 @@ A jump table for the options with a shor
 	window.
 
 	Possible values are:
-	    ""		use ConPTY if possible, winpty otherwise
+	    ""		use ConPTY if it is stable, winpty otherwise
 	    "winpty"	use winpty, fail if not supported
 	    "conpty"	use |ConPTY|, fail if not supported
 
-	|ConPTY| support depends on the platform (Windows 10 October 2018
-	edition).  winpty support needs to be installed.  If neither is
+	|ConPTY| support depends on the platform.  Windows 10 October 2018
+	Update is the first version that supports ConPTY, however it is still
+	considered unstable.  ConPTY might become stable in the next release
+	of Windows 10.  winpty support needs to be installed.  If neither is
 	supported then you cannot open a terminal window.
 
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