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 --- README.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 13ba027f..fee19f51 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ desktop environment has trouble rendering the default SVG icons, you can find a prerendered SVG as well as simplified versions of the SVG in the `extra/logo/compat` directory. -To work properly on Windows, Alacritty requires winpty to emulate UNIX's PTY -API. The agent is a single binary (`winpty-agent.exe`) which **must** be in -the same directory as the Alacritty executable and is available through the -[GitHub releases page](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/releases). +On Windows, Alacritty also requires Microsoft's VC++ redistributable. -On Windows, Alacritty also requires Microsoft's VC++ redistributable to work -properly. +For Windows versions older than Windows 10 (October 2018 Update), Alacritty +requires winpty to emulate UNIX's PTY API. The agent is a single binary +(`winpty-agent.exe`) which **must** be in the same directory as the Alacritty +executable and is available through the +[GitHub releases page](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/releases). ## Configuration -- cgit v1.2.3