On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 06:26:31PM +0000, Miod Vallat wrote: > > when i get time > > > > i think we might want to do the same in the STRING_ESCAPE state too, and > > it will need miod's ok > > I need to gather some history about the use of BEL as an end-of-escape > (what a silly idea), but I fart in^W^Wagree with the direction this diff > is going in so far. >
I think it got invented by xterm. suntool's shelltool used BS to terminate the title. See http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html under « what is a vt220? » -- Matthieu Herrb
