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0 pointsneilv4y ago0 comments

Exactly, and those links you gave are invaluable. I have an overlapping list at: https://www.neilvandyke.org/racket/charterm/#%28part._.Refer...

FWIW, in a low-level cross-terminal API, I made up some concepts that seemed helpful (and there are also a few comments scattered in there, such as hints about why key mapping is less consistent than one would've guessed): https://www.neilvandyke.org/racket/charterm/#%28part._.Termi...

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rbanffy4y ago· 2 in thread

You can also emulate a VT terminal using MAME. I’d say that’s the next best thing if you don’t have functioning metal.

neilvOP4y ago

Excellent idea. I didn't think of that when I was working on that library.

rbanffy4y ago

When discussing the possibility of implementing double width or height on VTE, someone did exactly that to finally settle how things behave. IIRC the same approach was used to find out what’s the “correct” way to do sixel graphics.

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