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| author | auric <auric7@protonmail.com> | 2025-09-08 21:27:55 -0500 |
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| committer | auric <auric7@protonmail.com> | 2025-09-08 21:27:55 -0500 |
| commit | de07b49b3249da05605f8c802b991a8588ab63b3 (patch) | |
| tree | 295d6003f08dfce1d1b779892ce9c0be97d426a3 /archive/st/LEGACY | |
| parent | 04cfeeb799b4ee6ac990e5d6e1b5302251133d77 (diff) | |
| parent | e61da07522a060da98fa3a56db3d0360469b26cf (diff) | |
Resolved conflict, indulging new file layout
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diff --git a/archive/st/LEGACY b/archive/st/LEGACY new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bf28b1e --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/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 + |