| Thomas Dickey 2005-11-23, 7:51 am |
| Chris F.A. Johnson <cfajohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm surprised that I didn't come across ISO-6429 when I was
> searching for info on the ANSI standard. (OTOH, perhaps I did, and
> ignored it because it said that it was very close to ANSI x3.64.)
Bear in mind that most of the information you'll find is secondhand. One
person said that, and a thousand repeat it. (I've found no more than 3-4
people who can quote from an actual copy of it).
Since it's not in print, and even when it was, ANSI wanted too much money for
it - $100 for a $5 document - I've only got the various quotes and reductions
from it. Reviewing some of those, I don't see anything in them that isn't in
ISO-6429.
> I probably made the mistake of thinking that, because they were
> listed in "man terminfo", they were in the standard.
terminfo lists a lot of features. There is overlap with ISO-6429,
but each has a lot of features that are not reflected in the other.
In xterm, I implemented features that aren't in terminfo, but where
I found a match in terminfo, documented it as part of the terminal
description.
> Most of the codes I used are there; all the colour and attribute
> codes are there. Those I think are missing are save and restore
> cursor and cursor [in]visible. Maybe some others; I'll look more
> closely after a good night's sleep.
Those, and the borderline use of SGR 21/22: those are in ISO-6429,
but generally not part of an "ANSI" terminal emulator. I assume
you already were aware that scrolling margins aren't part of this
either.
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