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Author: Christoph Lohmann <[email protected]> | |
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 07:04:59 +0200 | |
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+A STATEMENT ON LEGACY SUPPORT | |
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+In the terminal world there is much cruft that comes from old and unsup‐ | |
+ported terminals that inherit incompatible modes and escape sequences | |
+which noone is able to know, except when he/she comes from that time and | |
+developed a graphical vt100 emulator at that time. | |
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+One goal of st is to only support what is really needed. When you en‐ | |
+counter a sequence which you really need, implement it. But while you | |
+are add it, do not add the other cruft you might encounter while sneek‐ | |
+ing at other terminal emulators. History has bloated them and there is | |
+no real evidence that most of the sequences are used today. | |
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+Christoph Lohmann <[email protected]> | |
+2012-09-13T07:00:36.081271045+02:00 | |
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