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Re: lynx-dev Lynx, colors and VT100
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Ismael Cordeiro |
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Re: lynx-dev Lynx, colors and VT100 |
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Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:13:21 -0400 (EDT) |
On Mon, 19 Apr 1999 address@hidden wrote:
> >You may disagree but the fact is that most VT100 terminal emulators
> >support color.
>
> But this is a contradiction in terms.
Yes, it is but they support color.
> If VT100 does not support color, which others have stated is a fact,
Yes, true VT100 terminals dodn't support color.
> then a "vt100 emulator" cannot support color, because it is no longer a
> vt100 emulator.
`A la lettre, you're right but they are VT100 emulators _and_ support color.
> It could be called a "vt100-ish emulator that also supports color", but by
> definition a vt100 emulator cannot support color if it is true that actual
> vt100 terminals do not display color.
Usually, those emulations are called VT102 although, as far as I know, true
VT102 terminals don't support color either. You may call them whatever you
want, VT147, VT172, etc. and they will still support color.
Ismael
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