Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 13:21:09 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely8.cicely.de> Cc: Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org>, "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@FreeBSD.org>, "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>, Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/ls extern.h ls.1 ls.c ls.h print.c Message-ID: <200006041921.NAA53073@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 04 Jun 2000 12:44:00 %2B0200." <20000604124359.A92985@cicely8.cicely.de> References: <20000604124359.A92985@cicely8.cicely.de> <200006021453.HAA57857@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006021440450.19627-100000@sasami.jurai.net> <20000603040126.A12162@freebsd.org> <vqcwvk6sgot.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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