Re: x11/xterm

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On Friday, July 17, 2020 12:39 AM, Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:

> > Isn't there a lot of overhead with doing 2D graphics via terminal escape
> > sequences? I wonder how well this works with remote ssh connections and
> > slow networks.
>
> Sure, but "if you actually try to use this it will be slow" is not an
> argument for "it should not be compiled in". An argument for that would
> be "$REASONABLE_THING works fine if you don't compile it in, but if it
> compiles in, $BAD_THINGS_HAPPENS".