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by willm 1523 days ago
You’re looking at the master branch. Most of the work is in the CSS branch.

The xterm control sequences are well documented (https://www.x.org/docs/xterm/ctlseqs.pdf) and we’re using a very minimal subset. The only codes we’re using beyond setting colour and style are those that move the cursor. Compatibility is likely to be the same as any TUI built in the last couple of decades. I haven’t found a single terminal emulator were it doesn’t work, and I’ve tried as many as I can download for the Mac, Linux, and Windows.

Perhaps you’ve assumed we’re doing something particularly exotic with terminals, but it’s honestly not doing anything that any curses app doesn’t do.