Re: UTF-8 and Alt key in the console

[H. Peter Anvin]

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > 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.
>
> What do you mean by self-terminating? There is no easy
> synchronization like in UTF-8, given you are anywhere inside
> a text stream, how do you know (a) you are already in an
> escape sequence and (b) how to figure out the rebegin of
> normal text.

(a) isn't readily supported (other than scanning backwards), but (b) is 
pretty easy, see ISO 6429.

	-hpa
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