On Wed, 6 Feb 2019, 00:09 Eli Zaretskii via Unicode <[email protected] wrote:
> > Moreover, emitting the control sequences that set the mode is in > itself a complication, because if the terminal doesn't support them, > the result could be corrupted display. You will need methods of > detecting the support, and those detection methods usually involve > sending another control sequence to the terminal and waiting for > response, something that complicates applications and causes delays in > displaying output. > That's what the TERM environment variable is for though. Regards, Elias
