Re: read a reply from the terminal

[Davis Herring]

> I have now tested the code using a timeout of 0.1 on xterm, rxvt,
> gnome-terminal, konsole, putty, and a very old xterm (from an old
> Solaris). It works fine for all of them. All these terminals support
> the "\e[>0c" query.
> I also tested it on a Linux console, that does not support the query.

Sorry to bring this up so much later, but is a timeout of 0.1 always
appropriate?  Is there ever a circumstance where a remote host would need
to provide the information, or is it always trapped by a local terminal
driver in such a case?

Davis

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