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Re: keycodes (was: Re: First Pass at mintty documentation; etc.)
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 12:24 AM, Andy Koppe wrote:
> Speaking of history, does anyone know why xterm and rxvt diverged so much on
> modifier keycodes and why the xterm codes ended up being six characters
> long?
Because rxvt failed to adhere to the relevant standards[1].
[1] http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-048.htm
~Matt
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