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diff --git a/doc/vte.txt b/doc/vte.txt index 7054502..52864fa 100644 --- a/doc/vte.txt +++ b/doc/vte.txt @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ = KMSCON Virtual Terminal Emulator = -The KMSCON Virtual Terminal Emulator (VTE) tries to be linux-console and xterm -compatible. This documentations contains links to several resources related to -VT100-like terminals. +The KMSCON Virtual Terminal Emulator (VTE) tries to be linux-console, xterm and +vt102 compatible. This documentations contains links to several resources +related to VT100-like terminals. Resources: Terminfo database: @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_Sequence_Introducer vttest Terminal Tests: http://invisible-island.net/vttest/ + vt100-vt520 docs: + http://vt100.net/ Implementations: XTerm: @@ -30,7 +30,22 @@ * console subsystem as output and is tightly bound to it. It supports * functionality from vt100 up to vt500 series. It doesn't implement an * explicitly selected terminal but tries to support the most important commands - * to be compatible with existing implementations. + * to be compatible with existing implementations. However, full vt102 + * compatibility is the least that is provided. + * + * The main parser in this file controls the parser-state and dispatches the + * actions to the related handlers. The parser is based on the state-diagram + * from Paul Williams: http://vt100.net/emu/ + * It is written from scratch, though. + * This parser is fully compatible up to the vt500 series. It requires UTF-8 and + * does not support any other input encoding. The G0 and G1 sets are therefore + * defined as subsets of UTF-8. You may still map G0-G3 into GL, though. + * + * However, the CSI/DCS/etc handlers are not designed after a specific VT + * series. We try to support all vt102 commands but implement several other + * often used sequences, too. Feel free to add further. + * + * See ./doc/vte.txt for more information on this VT-emulator. */ #include <errno.h> |