Comment by kps Comment by kps 3 days ago 1 reply Copy Link View on Hacker News And not everything that calls itself xterm-256color is actually xterm compatible *cough* GNOME *cough*.
Copy Link bitwize 3 days ago Collapse Comment - Xterm is actually a terminal emulator, and has to pass a suite of conformance tests that actually check its emulation of DEC VT series terminals.Most of its successors are more like "shitty xterm emulators" whose conformance tests are "do my favorite mOdErN CLI apps work". Reply View | 0 replies
Xterm is actually a terminal emulator, and has to pass a suite of conformance tests that actually check its emulation of DEC VT series terminals.
Most of its successors are more like "shitty xterm emulators" whose conformance tests are "do my favorite mOdErN CLI apps work".