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18 lines
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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‐
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ported terminals that inherit incompatible modes and escape sequences
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which noone is able to know, except when he/she comes from that time and
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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‐
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counter a sequence which you really need, implement it. But while you
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are at it, do not add the other cruft you might encounter while sneek‐
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ing at other terminal emulators. History has bloated them and there is
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no real evidence that most of the sequences are used today.
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Christoph Lohmann <20h@r-36.net>
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2012-09-13T07:00:36.081271045+02:00
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