VSCode's integrated terminal can not support bold character while enabling ConPTY. #4601

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opened 2026-01-30 23:51:38 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @Suyun514 on GitHub (Oct 23, 2019).

Environment

Windows build number: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18362.418]
Windows Terminal version (if applicable):

Any other software? Viaual Studio Code 1.40.0-insider

Steps to reproduce

  1. Set "terminal.integrated.windowsEnableConpty": true.
  2. Install Cygwin.
  3. Set the default shell as bash.exe(for Cygwin) in Viaual Studio Code, and the args as --login.
  4. Run ls --color=auto.

Expected behavior

The executable files and the folders' names are displayed in bold. (You can check the bold character in MinTTY with the option Show bold ad font.)

Actual behavior

There is nothing displayed in bold.

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claunia added the Resolution-ExternalNeeds-Tag-Fix labels 2026-01-30 23:51:38 +00:00
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@Tyriar commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2019):

You should try repro with Windows Terminal and give the version

@Tyriar commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2019): You should try repro with Windows Terminal and give the version
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2019):

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This is in VS Code. I'm 99% sure this is a Cygwin issue, because they have their own VT parser, and they probably don't think we can handle VT.

More in https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/2837#issuecomment-533830745.

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2019): ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14316954/67429870-e60c2a80-f595-11e9-9c13-7a7c3513d3e1.png) This is in VS Code. I'm 99% sure this is a Cygwin issue, because **they have their own VT parser, and they probably don't think we can handle VT.** More in https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/2837#issuecomment-533830745.
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Reference: starred/terminal#4601