From 2c4fd0c3c94cd120183bb5e989e36d023ec8c527 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Loek Le Blansch Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 12:22:55 +0200 Subject: github repo --- LEGACY | 17 ----------------- 1 file changed, 17 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 LEGACY (limited to 'LEGACY') diff --git a/LEGACY b/LEGACY deleted file mode 100644 index bf28b1e..0000000 --- a/LEGACY +++ /dev/null @@ -1,17 +0,0 @@ -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 - -- cgit v1.2.3