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How to use fzf and Cygwin+mintty with winpty

Elger9
2022-10-16 16:32:20 +02:00
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The Vim plugin of fzf also works with the Windows binary. It will start an extra `cmd.exe` window on mintty to circumvent the aforementioned limitation.
If you really have to use fzf with mintty, consider checking out the legacy version written in Ruby, which is currently maintained in [me-and/fzf](/me-and/fzf).
If you really have to use fzf with mintty, consider checking out the legacy version written in Ruby, which is currently maintained in [me-and/fzf](/me-and/fzf). Another solution to use the new version of `fzf` and `Cygwin+mintty, MSYS2` is to use `winpty`. Compile `winpty` as instructed by https://github.com/rprichard/winpty and then use the script written by @knutze - https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/issues/2798#issuecomment-1229376159