Re: ";0c" in terminal with slow connections

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

  >       > If there is a chance that the terminal won't respond at all,
  >       > the timer would enable Enacs to avoid hanging.  Is that the
  >       > reason for the timer?
  > 
  >     The reason for the timer is to avoid hanging.
  > 
  > In what cases would it hang?  Are these old xterm versions?

I don't remember finding any terminal where it would hang. But almost
all terminal emulators call themselves xterm nowadays, so there's a
chance that somebody does not implement this correctly.

  >       > What is the purpose of making this query in the first place?
  > 
  >     The query is used to find out the version of xterm being used.
  > 
  >     If we just send the escape sequence to enable modifyOtherKeys on a
  >     terminal that does not support it, the escape sequence will appear as
  >     junk on the screen. 
  > 
  > Emacs clears the screen at startup.  Maybe it is ok if that happens
  > on old versions of xterm, until they are replaced.