ANSI ESCAPE SEQUENCES

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <1746 at ruunsa.fys.ruu.nl> demoel at ruunsa.fys.ruu.nl (Ed de_Moel) writes:
-The ANSI standard for device control (not just CRT's but any
-output device!) exists since 1979. It really amazes me
-that UNIX people, unlike the rest of the world keep using
-non-standard (and hence non-portable) code using termcaps
-libraries.

It amazes me that people really think that X3.64 has been universally
implemented on all display devices.  The slightest understanding of
termcap would demonstrate otherwise.