Bug#83063: PROPOSED] enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 04:43:12AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote:
> > I think this change should say something about full screen support.
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 09:43:39AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> Full screen support? What does that mean? Maximizable to the size of the
> root window? Works well with the "screen" program?
9term does not have an addressable cursor.
> > Otherwise, if 9term were modified such that -T is equivalent to -label,
> > it would get the highest priority -- but it emulates a printer.
>
> What are you talking about? "The highest priority"? You've evaluated all
> terminal emulators in Debian already? 9term supports ISO 10646 combining
> characters at implementation level 3?
Sorry -- I made the assumption that 9term's unicode support is good as it
gets for the current stock of debian terminal emulators. You're right:
this assumption could easily be false.
> If 9term emulates a printer, why is it called a terminal emulator?
More properly, it emulates a terminal where TERM=dumb gains you access
to all of its features. ex works fine, but vi is rather silly.
--
Raul
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