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[76.168.148.233]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id k13-20020a17090a3ccd00b00219025945dcsm10944857pjd.19.2023.01.11.09.32.01 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 11 Jan 2023 09:32:02 -0800 (PST) Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <87zgapmn1z.fsf@disroot.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::102e; envelope-from=jporterbugs@gmail.com; helo=mail-pj1-x102e.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:302350 Archived-At: On 1/11/2023 1:35 AM, Akib Azmain Turja wrote: > In general, is it possible to implement Windows terminal emulation? Do you mean "emulating cmd.exe" or "emulating a terminal and running that emulator on MS Windows"? The former might be trickier, and I haven't really looked into how you'd do that. However, the latter might just mean handling VT100 terminal sequences, which I don't think would require knowing about any Windows-specific features/APIs. I believe newer versions of MS Windows can support VT100 sequences, so some applications compiled for Windows will likely use them. It would also be useful for a Windows user who connects to a remote *nix system (e.g. via Tramp); a program like `less` on the remote system would likely emit VT100 sequences, so it'd be nice to handle those, even if it's being displayed in an Emacs session running on MS Windows.