ESC-X character string support

[Luis Javier Merino]

On Sunday, March 3, 2024, Willow Liquorice <willow at howhill.com> wrote:
>
>
> ECMA-48 defines a "Start of String" escape sequence (refer to section
> 8.3.128) which behaves very much like an OSC, DCS, APC, or PM sequence. The
> version of Konsole I tested this sequence on (4:21.12.3-0ubuntu1) ignored
> it and printed what should have been part of an escape sequence to the
> screen.


Konsole handles SOS as per ECMA-48 since 22.08.


>
> Gnome Terminal, Terminator, Alacritty, and xterm implement the sequence
> and do not print the string.


OTOH, urxvt, mrxvt, st, aterm, terminology, and others handle it as older
Konsole.

>
> Is there a specific reason for omitting SOS functionality from Konsole?


This is what the VT102 did.
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