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| author | ben <ben@nagy.contact> | 2025-05-03 14:59:49 -0700 |
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| committer | ben <ben@nagy.contact> | 2025-05-03 14:59:49 -0700 |
| commit | ed80e5df8c718fc2321904db1b81604d1ed33444 (patch) | |
| tree | 04bc58346a40cd696f5840bcd3c724684bd5f591 /config/suckless/st/src/st-0.8.4/LEGACY | |
| parent | ea687c769521b3139c8547a2d4a839842fa7b0fe (diff) | |
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diff --git a/config/suckless/st/src/st-0.8.4/LEGACY b/config/suckless/st/src/st-0.8.4/LEGACY new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bf28b1e --- /dev/null +++ b/config/suckless/st/src/st-0.8.4/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 + |