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hnlmorg
on Aug 31, 2024
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Show HN: A retro terminal text editor for GNU/Linu...
Unless you’re using an actual hardware VT52, then it’s pretty safe to assume VT100 support these days.
rbanffy
on Sept 1, 2024
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I concede most physical terminals still alive will have some form of VT100 emulation (up to VT500-level, usually), but half the fun is to make something that can actually run on ancient hardware.
hnlmorg
on Sept 1, 2024
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Yeah i know what you mean. I sometimes get that impulse too.
rbanffy
on Sept 1, 2024
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We have 50 years or so of Unix history to honour. We shouldn’t do any less than that.
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