http://www.vt100.net/ is a good source of information because it uses
the original manuals for the real terminals.

http://www.vt100.net/docs/vt510-rm/DA1 defines how \e[c works but it
isn't adequate to express the capability of a terminal. In particular it
doesn't cater for emulations that are incomplete. There are nowhere near
enough attribute values defined to specify what might be missing from an
emulation. The specification is unclear as to whether claiming a basic
conformance level means that all mandatory features at that level are
present. The specification doesn't say what those mandatory features
might be. The idea is right.

It's true that we could have defined the answerback response to have a
syntax that basically matches the response to \e[c but I think we would
need to define the semantics ourselves. That's academic though as gnome-
terminal doesn't support an answerback.

I could find no trace on the above-mentioned web site, or any other, of
\e[?40h being a valid command in a real terminal. I think it might be an
xterm invention.

The TERM variable is problematic with real terminals.

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