From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#54027: Wishlist: Support full CSI u specification for terminal input Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 18:14:56 -0500 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="10478"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 54027@debbugs.gnu.org To: Alex Hutcheson Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 18 00:16:13 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nKq0S-0002YY-TL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 18 Feb 2022 00:16:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56312 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nKq0R-0007I6-II for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 18:16:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:46916) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nKq0J-0007Gb-5W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 18:16:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:59063) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nKq0I-0007l8-Rx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 18:16:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nKq0I-0004G2-KW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 18:16:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Richard Stallman Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 23:16:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 54027 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 54027-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B54027.164513970912731 (code B ref 54027); Thu, 17 Feb 2022 23:16:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 54027) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Feb 2022 23:15:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52960 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nKpzM-0003EE-LF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 18:15:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:39940) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nKpzL-0003Az-1E for 54027@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 18:15:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [2001:470:142:3::e] (port=60430 helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nKpzF-0007Mg-NO; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 18:14:57 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=Date:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: mime-version; bh=U2IAesRH1+eXI1Qd7aGa4QKhEN4KwTzJHJbcY86SBX4=; b=HGhAJ2VvCOTT SIVxdmve9czkdnOml32mfuiOn2rdeVGz73mgf9Wdg8nZEReLL7ETO89/QHTQ5dTZYAMtAjg1SM5cb 21NfQbEFEk+qcZzmKfKEnD9qHuk9GIN3AHNwmC/hAX1hGFbwRMsiir+r7jxAJr1DYepNavYurAUzN M6DNfXeO+G/rcS7mzlLSqGKG1f3IbJT8ZlQegc3EtvubU0D3ioQHdtMQ0S+WIQQ7oI3xikrQwgvdS 7D5tNYozeZRa/yOjDc1aZGKcnQO/O5g9xScHO0GiLC0CVn/jGihIkOOm/CLAy1tEM/OYNFNCEnWhR bu845ewgnaK6YTvnZUnjFA==; Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nKpzE-0005Pz-I3; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 18:14:56 -0500 In-Reply-To: (bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:227125 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > The specification is implemented by iTerm2, which is a popular > GPL-licensed terminal for macOS: > https://iterm2.com/documentation-csiu.html We shouldn't spend time adding a feature to GNU Emacs for the sake of running it on MacOS. > The GPL-licensed mintty terminal for Windows also has support: > https://github.com/mintty/mintty/wiki/Keycodes Nor Windows. We should not implement features that are of no use on the GNU system. > A variant of the specification is implemented by kitty, another > GPL-licensed terminal on GNU/Linux and macOS: > https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/keyboard-protocol/#comprehensive-keyboard-handling-in-terminals Since kitty runs on GNU/Linux, maybe it is worth implementing this variant of the specification, for the sake of kitty. It's a matter of weighing the work involved (development and maintenance) against the benefits. We could wait and see if this protocol catches on, on GNU/Linux. If it does, it will surely be worthj supporting. -- Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org) Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org) Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)