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| author | Shipwreckt <shipwreckt@mailfence.com> | 2025-02-22 07:10:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Shipwreckt <shipwreckt@mailfence.com> | 2025-02-22 07:10:10 +0000 |
| commit | 971bbb74a02f83650c8cd0550fb91886c4d460fe (patch) | |
| tree | d0d56e38ba28ddf37866ceb6b275ff5de48a0e40 /files/config/suckless/st/LEGACY | |
| parent | 749b69e71e0475bcf1f4d7067414f55f830c9e8d (diff) | |
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diff --git a/files/config/suckless/st/LEGACY b/files/config/suckless/st/LEGACY new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bf28b1e --- /dev/null +++ b/files/config/suckless/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 + |