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To: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely8.cicely.de>
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/ls extern.h ls.1 ls.c ls.h print.c 
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In message <20000604124359.A92985@cicely8.cicely.de> Bernd Walter writes:
: On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 12:33:22PM -0700, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote:
: > Look, it does the job adequately on most terminals out there.  It
: > doesn't work on some, but then it doesn't hurt either since you need
: > an extra flag to invoke it anyway.
: > 
: > I'd like to talk with people who don't own an ANSI terminal *and* who
: > want to have this functionality.

That isn't the point.  A long time ago, people hard coded VT100 escape
sequences into programs.  Most terminals support vt100 emulation, but
it royally screwed those that didn't.  xterm's vt100 emulation is in
part due to this legacy.  Must we make the same mistakes anew?

Warner


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