On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 10:34 PM Dan Mahoney (Gushi) <d...@prime.gushi.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Aug 2023, Dennis Williamson wrote: > > > I've found https://gist.github.com/sdeaton2/8450564 but I'm > looking for > > something more complete. > > > > Does anyone know of such a thing? > > > A) Use tput or an ANSI library to obtain the code sequences based on the > TERM setting instead of hard coding them. > > It's not my code -- I just wanted to be sure my terminal is doing "the > right thing" before I get dozens of "works on my device" responses. I'm > using BSD rather than linux, which people often wrongly poke as the > problem, but an xterm should still be an xterm. > > > B) See vttest https://invisible-island.net/vttest/vttest.html for xterm > tests > > vttest seems to be a tool to regression-test compatibility with the > venerable vt100 standard, but it at least confirms that my iTerm and > screen setup do "The right thing" with regard to bold text, so I'm more > convinced that someone hardcoded a value and forgot to embed the \003 > correctly. (Especially considering color works in the same program). > > I've reported a bug on github and can call it the end of the day > > It would be neat if vttest also supported more modern xterm features like > image embedding, custom composed characters, ligatures, 256-color support, > foreign characters, right-to-left encoding, double-wide characters, or > even Emoji. > > At the very least, it showed me that my terminal doesn't support blinking > text -- which might be a good thing! > > Best, > > -Dan > > -- > > --------Dan Mahoney-------- > Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek > Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC > FB: fb.com/DanielMahoneyIV > LI: linkedin.com/in/gushi > Site: http://www.gushi.org > --------------------------- > Option 4 in the first menu is "Test of double-sized characters". Terminal.app on MacOS (at least on mine which is Ventura) supports blinking text, for better or worse. I do miss HTML <blink> though. ;-) -- Visit serverfault.com to get your system administration questions answered.
