Begin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 2006-04-12, Chris F.A. Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These days, the ISO-6429 standard (almost the same as the older > ANSI x3.64) is so close to universal that I don't bother writing > for anything else any more.
Oh, wonderful. ``All the world's a vax^W^WISO-6429 compatible'' all over again. > If the need arises, I'll do it, but it will be simple to do, and > much faster (both in coding and script execution) than trying to > accommodate all terminals from the start. Yes, why use a perfectly good abstraction when you can hardcode stuff. > I still have a system which does not have tput. And that justifies everything else. Of course. -- j p d (at) d s b (dot) t u d e l f t (dot) n l . This message was originally posted on Usenet in plain text. Any other representation, additions, or changes do not have my consent and may be a violation of international copyright law. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list