diff -r bf4dcc22ccd9 -r 1315a2434fc8 terminal.rst --- a/terminal.rst Tue Aug 31 21:59:49 2010 +0300 +++ b/terminal.rst Sun Sep 05 16:33:42 2010 +0300 @@ -1,14 +1,35 @@ -*- outline -*- +* Old hardware terminal. + +** VT100. + +VT100 is a video terminal that was made by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). It was introduced in +August 1978. Its detailed attributes became the de facto standard for terminal emulators. + +The control sequences used by the VT100 family are based on the ANSI X3.64 standard, later ECMA-48 +and ISO/IEC 6429. + +The VT101 and VT102 were cost-reduced non-expandable follow-on products, with the VT102 including +the AVO and serial printer port options of the VT100. + +In 1983, the VT100 was replaced by the more-powerful VT200 series terminals such as the VT220. + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VT102 + +** VT200. + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VT220 + * X window pseudo terminal. ** luit. Luit is a filter that can be run between an arbitrary application and a UTF-8 -terminal emulator. It will convert application output from the locale’s -encoding into UTF-8, and convert terminal input from UTF-8 into the locale’s +terminal emulator. It will convert application output from the locale's +encoding into UTF-8, and convert terminal input from UTF-8 into the locale's encoding. Example: - $ luit -encoding ’ISO 8859-1’ emacs -nw + $ luit -encoding 'ISO 8859-1' emacs -nw