david wrote: > Ken wrote: > > > But it occurs to me that we shouldn't actually do any of this for a > > "don't count this" format escape, because that stuff should live > > outside of the normal string handling routines in fmt_scan(). Also, > > I'm with Tom that I'm not so crazy about putting knowledge of ANSI > > escape sequences directly into fmt_scan(), because who knows if your > > terminal supports them? > > Agreed. > > > David, do you want to implement this? > > Will do. Any suggestions on what to call the escape function? > "esc" was might first thought but it might be confusing to > talk about/describe in the man page. "fmtesc"? "invisible"?
the 1980's just called. they want their termcap file back. shouldn't this be done with more generic controls, that map to (uncounted) terminfo/ncurses/whatever's-used-now strings? i.e., controls for specifically changing red/blue/bold/etc? feels a little late to be embedding specific vt100 CSI codes into scan formats. paul > > David > > _______________________________________________ > Nmh-workers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers =--------------------- paul fox, [email protected] (arlington, ma, where it's 43.2 degrees) _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
