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| author | dacctal <dacctalyt@gmail.com> | 2026-04-19 16:04:08 +0000 |
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| committer | dacctal <dacctalyt@gmail.com> | 2026-04-19 16:04:08 +0000 |
| commit | e790edd566270bc020632697ac32113ea330f7d4 (patch) | |
| tree | 089377fdc95862037a7e6ee0d76be260229759cd /.config/st/LEGACY | |
| parent | c6019c414a27af45d48c25824aeafd2f42f7137a (diff) | |
re-added st (please work)
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diff --git a/.config/st/LEGACY b/.config/st/LEGACY new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bf28b1e --- /dev/null +++ b/.config/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 + |