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| author | stkhan <personal@slickd.xyz> | 2022-05-19 19:43:34 +0000 |
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| committer | stkhan <personal@slickd.xyz> | 2022-05-19 19:43:34 +0000 |
| commit | da4f635d6b7f6befd07942ca1d34bcb976dff66f (patch) | |
| tree | c68ba19caba3fe902f3155a2738ba77280e342d9 /st-0.8.5/LEGACY | |
| parent | 1b1e0830abbf11284e5eca032b4111466be8ad0d (diff) | |
Added st 0.8.5, added part to makefile
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diff --git a/st-0.8.5/LEGACY b/st-0.8.5/LEGACY new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bf28b1e --- /dev/null +++ b/st-0.8.5/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 + |