ANSI escape codes enhance terminal usability but lack complete standardization, making them sometimes unreliable. The post reviews ECMA-48, xterm control sequences, and terminfo as existing standards that define and manage these codes. It discusses reasons for using terminfo, the idea of a common set of escape codes, and the
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what’s an escape code?ECMA-48xterm control sequencesterminfoshould programs use terminfo?is there a “single common set” of escape codes?some reasons to use terminfosome more documents/standardswhy I think this is interestingSort: