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From: context@uw-june.UUCP (Ronald Blanford)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Escape sequences
Message-ID: <3125@uw-june.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 17-Sep-87 16:44:34 EDT
Article-I.D.: uw-june.3125
Posted: Thu Sep 17 16:44:34 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 19-Sep-87 15:47:01 EDT
Reply-To: context@june.cs.washington.edu (Ronald Blanford)
Organization: U of Washington, Computer Science, Seattle
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I would like to propose that the Minix cursor positioning escape
sequence be changed from ESC x y to ESC y x.  As far as I can tell,
this would entail minimal changes in only two places: tty.c and the
Mined editor. 

This change would make it possible to add support for ANSI escape
sequences which begin with ESC [.  As things now stand, that prefix is
usurped by any move to screen column 61. 

I am perfectly willing to determine and post the diffs to implement
this change, but won't do so unless there is general agreement that
this is a desirable thing.

I'll accumulate and post the responses.

-- Ron