Re: UTF-8 and Alt key in the console

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Fri Mar 28 2008 - 20:24:02 EST


Jan Engelhardt wrote:
And while we are at it, I'd suggest a whole new set of escape
codes, the current sequences are particularly... bad for
stream synchronization. Right now one has to parse strings for
end-of-escape.. which is awkward. I'd just be able to
strchr(s, '^]') for example and know when the escape code
ends. (Compat should of course be honored where necessary.)

I think it would be a major lose to move away from ISO 6429 format; the format is self-terminating and really isn't all that complex.

-hpa
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