Re: UTF-8 and Alt key in the console

[David Newall]

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> Hence the proposal of using definite start and end markers:
>
>     echo -e '\x1B43m\x1D wonderful \x1B0m\x1D' | cosmicrays | cat

I see no merit in the idea.  Most seriously, there isn't any real-world
problem being solved.  In addition, it proposes creating yet another
type of terminal emulation.  If there's something you don't like about
VT escape codes, use a different emulation.  For example, Televideo
terminals used almost exclusively single-character control codes,
reducing the scope of being mid-sequence to, well much closer to zero.

You need to make quite clear that your proposal is to discontinue use of
VT terminal emulation.
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