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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Standards for ANSI escape codes
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 03:50:11 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 15:44:40 -0000 (UTC), Ben Collver wrote:

> 2) They aren't completely standardized, and because of that they
>    don't always work reliably.

At least their syntax is standardized. So a terminal (emulator) can simply 
ignore the ones it doesn’t understand, and they don’t leave leftover junk 
on your screen.