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| author | stkhan <personal@slickd.xyz> | 2022-11-03 20:28:42 -0500 |
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| committer | stkhan <personal@slickd.xyz> | 2022-11-03 20:28:42 -0500 |
| commit | 1867d262a3098f6e02544c2b58f4fe63798dc0a3 (patch) | |
| tree | bf4acf2cb4218073b5b8fb52243a46b04eaf5ddb /utils/st-0.9/LEGACY | |
| parent | 1c05c8df4b84a54e8f2a9a7b0a222bca280a5e47 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/utils/st-0.9/LEGACY b/utils/st-0.9/LEGACY new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bf28b1e --- /dev/null +++ b/utils/st-0.9/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 + |