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Re: read a reply from the terminal
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: read a reply from the terminal |
Date: |
Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:00:52 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> > I have now tested the code using a timeout of 0.1 on xterm, rxvt,
>> > gnome-terminal, konsole, putty, and a very old xterm (from an old
>> > Solaris). It works fine for all of them. All these terminals support
>> > the "\e[>0c" query.
>> > I also tested it on a Linux console, that does not support the query.
>>
>> Sorry to bring this up so much later, but is a timeout of 0.1 always
>> appropriate? Is there ever a circumstance where a remote host would need
>> to provide the information, or is it always trapped by a local terminal
>> driver in such a case?
> The terminal emulator replies.
But if you're running Emacs remotely via an ssh shell, then there's
a network between Emacs and the terminal emulator. E.g. in the case of
PuTTY, or in my case (xterm -e ssh <host>).
Stefan