MK> I thought, much of that is already available in GNU screen or will be
MK> added shortly.
I am aware of that. But GNU screen is a terminal emulator, not a
simple filter.
MK> GNU screen is a commonly used "condom" between a less capable
MK> terminal emulator and one or more ttys.
No, that's not what a condom is. GNU screen is a full fledged
terminal emulator; it is an impressive and very useful piece of
software, but not what I have in mind.
The code that I made available is a simple filter. It passes through
all escape sequences to the tty, with the sole exception of ISO 2022
sequences, which it intercepts.
The idea is that we want a simple, easily maintainable piece of code
that we can include in the XFree86 tree and that will provide ISO 2022
support for XTerm without bloat or major surgery to the existing codebase.
MK> Make sure you had a look at it before you reinvent the wheel.
I have obviously read the source code to screen before starting this
work. For licensing reasons, however, I cannot use any of their code.
Regards,
Juliusz
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