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DateFri, 28 Mar 2008 17:23:47 -0700
From"H. Peter Anvin" <>
SubjectRe: UTF-8 and Alt key in the console
Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> And while we are at it, I'd suggest a whole new set of escape
> codes, the current sequences are particularly... bad for
> stream synchronization. Right now one has to parse strings for
> end-of-escape.. which is awkward. I'd just be able to
> strchr(s, '^]') for example and know when the escape code
> ends. (Compat should of course be honored where necessary.)

I think it would be a major lose to move away from ISO 6429 format; the 
format is self-terminating and really isn't all that complex.

	-hpa
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