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@@ -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> |