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author | Christoph Lohmann <20h@r-36.net> | 2012-09-13 07:04:59 +0200 |
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committer | Christoph Lohmann <20h@r-36.net> | 2012-09-13 07:04:59 +0200 |
commit | 977c5d908903c4c300b02811382a9ab53ec73803 (patch) | |
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Adding a statemant on legacy support.
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1 | A STATEMENT ON LEGACY SUPPORT | ||
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3 | In the terminal world there is much cruft that comes from old and unsup‐ | ||
4 | ported terminals that inherit incompatible modes and escape sequences | ||
5 | which noone is able to know, except when he/she comes from that time and | ||
6 | developed a graphical vt100 emulator at that time. | ||
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8 | One goal of st is to only support what is really needed. When you en‐ | ||
9 | counter a sequence which you really need, implement it. But while you | ||
10 | are add it, do not add the other cruft you might encounter while sneek‐ | ||
11 | ing at other terminal emulators. History has bloated them and there is | ||
12 | no real evidence that most of the sequences are used today. | ||
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15 | Christoph Lohmann <20h@r-36.net> | ||
16 | 2012-09-13T07:00:36.081271045+02:00 | ||
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