[New mintty version] 3.7.9

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Terminal features

• Fix darkmode/wakeup refresh to not override dynamic OSC colour settings.
• Fix emoji invisible and blinking attributes.
• Accept (but ignore) XTMODKEYS subparameters (xterm 398).
• Fix doubled underline (since 3.7.8).
• Avoid repetitive painting of images.
• Fix selection highlighting in configured colours on emojis.
• Full or dimmed selection highlighting depending on clipboard contents (#1322).
• Fix GR-mapped character sets in locking shift mode (vttest 3.10.).
• Indicate enabled OSC 52 in primary DA response (#1324).
• Fix OSC 52 response clipboard indication (#1327).
• Fix emoji background in reverse mode.

Character handling

• Workaround (for cygwin 3.6.4) for non-BMP characters in UTF-8 mode (#1325, #1326).
• Emoji icons are also looked up in /usr/share/emojis, to support common package deployment.

Keyboard handling

• Avoid sticky Ctrl state also after closing menu (~#1273, ~#1266).
• Support modifier combinations with right-Alt in modifyOtherKeys mode (#1108).
• Adapt character code to Shift state in modifyOtherKeys mode (xterm).

WSL support

• New mode to run WSL directly with Windows default access gateway wsl.exe.
• Drop wslbridge gateways by default.
• Derive default icon from WSL launcher shortcut (mintty/wsltty#110).
• Fix WSL icons in session launcher menu entries, also extracted from WSL launchers.

Window handling

• Integrate sessions launched from session launcher into tab set.

Documentation

• Manual and wiki Tips: sections on tab session management (~#1284, ~#1201).
• Manual and wiki Tips: enhanced description of WSL support.
• Manual and wiki: enhanced description of text layout (reflow and bidi).

Configuration

• Changing default setting UnderlineManual=true for consistent line placement.
• New option WSLbridge, default 0 to use wsl.exe to launch WSL.
• New option SelectionMode.
• New user-definable function toggle-reverse-video.
• Logfile placeholders $h or $p are replaced with hostname or process ID.
• Enable logging toggling by default: Log=mintty.$h.%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S.$p.log Logging=no (~#1167).

https://github.com/mintty/mintty/releases/tag/3.7.9

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