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Re: x11/xterm



On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 18:39:13 -0400
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".

I think xterm can also support ReGIS, if someone is modifying Makefile,
could you add that as well, if it's not already there.


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