[Info-vax] Windows terminal revamped and open sourced

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In article <n$kMhFLJZZ9+ at eisner.encompasserve.org>, koehler at eisner.nospam.decuserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
>In article <qe4unb$qcn$1 at dont-email.me>, =?UTF-8?Q?Jan-Erik_S=c3=b6derholm?= <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
>> 
>> An old hardware terminal such as the VT-line are today always
>> a worse solution than an termninal amulator running on your
>> everyday computer client you are using for anything else.
>> No matter if it is Windows, Linux oc Mac, they all have
>> emulators that are much better to work with than an VT520.
>
>   Except that the keyboard is wrong.  And often the emulation is wrong.

PRECISELY!

I can use xterm on my Linux boxes and I can negotiate its keyboard
shortcomings, but I will not tolerate invalid VT escape handling.



>> Yes, VT-terminals are can be fun from an historical point of
>> view. But there is no reason to use them for real work.
>
>   Except that they work correctly, and have a correct keyboard.

Give that man a cheroot!

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