Rudolf Schlatte writes: > Po Lu writes: > >> Eli Zaretskii writes: >> >>>> From: Po Lu >>>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org >>>> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 18:14:54 +0800 >>>> >>>> Akib Azmain Turja writes: >>>> >>>> > In general, is it possible to implement Windows terminal emulation? >>>> >>>> Since MS Windows has never been used connected to text terminals, what >>>> would be the point? >>> >>> I don't think this is accurate. Windows XP implements the telnet >>> protocol, so you can connect to it from a remote system. >>> >>>> AFAIU it is possible to run command.com in a shell buffer, but when you >>>> do that you cannot restart the system without it being wedged. I think >>>> that is the more important thing to fix, but I don't know where to >>>> start. >>> >>> I'm not sure I see the relevance. cmd.exe can indeed be run via >>> "M-x shell", but that's not a terminal emulator, since terminal >>> commands (like cursor movement and colors) are not supported. >>> "M-x shell" is just a simple text-mode interface to the shell >>> and any console commands you run. >> >> Right, but Windows doesn't have a native, terminal interface with cursor >> movement, correct? > > I believe Windows got one relatively recently, see this blog post from > 2018: > > https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-command-line-introducing-the-windows-pseudo-console-conpty/ > > Hmm, a quick internet search reveals that the thing is an API, not an escape sequence protocol like the VT series terminals or ECMA-48 specification. -- Akib Azmain Turja, GPG key: 70018CE5819F17A3BBA666AFE74F0EFA922AE7F5 Fediverse: akib@hostux.social Codeberg: akib emailselfdefense.fsf.org | "Nothing can be secure without encryption."