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| author | Marvin Borner | 2022-05-31 14:34:49 +0200 |
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| committer | Marvin Borner | 2022-05-31 14:39:35 +0200 |
| commit | a56b6a121b31b82dcf7279e6eea60bbca1852fc5 (patch) | |
| tree | 7627bb839310c4a4a3632b378ebe87bc031f61ff /.repos/st/LEGACY | |
| parent | b8be82d9113dd0fec9021aa573039cc64dbd849a (diff) | |
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diff --git a/.repos/st/LEGACY b/.repos/st/LEGACY new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bf28b1e --- /dev/null +++ b/.repos/st/LEGACY @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +A STATEMENT ON LEGACY SUPPORT + +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. + +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 at 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. + + +Christoph Lohmann <20h@r-36.net> +2012-09-13T07:00:36.081271045+02:00 + |