Re: ANSI test scripts to test terminal capabilities?

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On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 10:34=E2=80=AFPM Dan Mahoney (Gushi) <[email protected]=
shi.org>
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> On Tue, 29 Aug 2023, Dennis Williamson wrote:
>
> >       I've found https://gist.github.com/sdeaton2/8450564 but I'm
> looking for
> >       something more complete.
> >
> >       Does anyone know of such a thing?
>
> > A) Use tput or an ANSI library to obtain the code sequences based on th=
e
> TERM setting instead of hard coding them.
>
> It's not my code -- I just wanted to be sure my terminal is doing "the
> right thing" before I get dozens of "works on my device" responses.  I'm
> using BSD rather than linux, which people often wrongly poke as the
> problem,  but an xterm should still be an xterm.
>
> > B) See vttest https://invisible-island.net/vttest/vttest.html for xterm
> tests
>
> vttest seems to be a tool to regression-test compatibility with the
> venerable vt100 standard, but it at least confirms that my iTerm and
> screen setup do "The right thing" with regard to bold text, so I'm more
> convinced that someone hardcoded a value and forgot to embed the \003
> correctly.  (Especially considering color works in the same program).
>
> I've reported a bug on github and can call it the end of the day
>
> It would be neat if vttest also supported more modern xterm features like
> image embedding, custom composed characters, ligatures, 256-color support=
,
> foreign characters, right-to-left encoding, double-wide characters, or
> even Emoji.
>
> At the very least, it showed me that my terminal doesn't support blinking
> text -- which might be a good thing!
>
> Best,
>
> -Dan
>
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Option 4 in the first menu is "Test of double-sized characters".
Terminal.app on MacOS (at least on mine which is Ventura) supports blinking
text, for better or worse. I do miss HTML <blink> though. ;-)
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 10:34=E2=80=
=AFPM Dan Mahoney (Gushi) &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">danm@=
prime.gushi.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s=
tyle=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);pad=
ding-left:1ex">On Tue, 29 Aug 2023, Dennis Williamson wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0I&#39;ve found <a href=3D"https://gist.githu=
b.com/sdeaton2/8450564" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://gist.g=
ithub.com/sdeaton2/8450564</a> but I&#39;m looking for<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0something more complete.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Does anyone know of such a thing?<br>
<br>
&gt; A) Use tput or an ANSI library to obtain the code sequences based on t=
he TERM setting instead of hard coding them.<br>
<br>
It&#39;s not my code -- I just wanted to be sure my terminal is doing &quot=
;the <br>
right thing&quot; before I get dozens of &quot;works on my device&quot; res=
ponses.=C2=A0 I&#39;m <br>
using BSD rather than linux, which people often wrongly poke as the <br>
problem,=C2=A0 but an xterm should still be an xterm.<br>
<br>
&gt; B) See vttest=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://invisible-island.net/vttest/vtte=
st.html" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://invisible-island.net/=
vttest/vttest.html</a> for xterm tests<br>
<br>
vttest seems to be a tool to regression-test compatibility with the <br>
venerable vt100 standard, but it at least confirms that my iTerm and <br>
screen setup do &quot;The right thing&quot; with regard to bold text, so I&=
#39;m more <br>
convinced that someone hardcoded a value and forgot to embed the \003 <br>
correctly.=C2=A0 (Especially considering color works in the same program).<=
br>
<br>
I&#39;ve reported a bug on github and can call it the end of the day<br>
<br>
It would be neat if vttest also supported more modern xterm features like <=
br>
image embedding, custom composed characters, ligatures, 256-color support, =
<br>
foreign characters, right-to-left encoding, double-wide characters, or <br>
even Emoji.<br>
<br>
At the very least, it showed me that my terminal doesn&#39;t support blinki=
ng <br>
text -- which might be a good thing!<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
-Dan<br>
<br>
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blank">http://www.gushi.org</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><div>Option 4 in the first menu is &qu=
ot;Test of double-sized characters&quot;. Terminal.app on MacOS (at least o=
n mine which is Ventura) supports blinking text, for better or worse. I do =
miss HTML &lt;blink&gt; though. ;-)</div><span class=3D"gmail_signature_pre=
fix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature">Visit <a href=
=3D"http://serverfault.com" target=3D"_blank">serverfault.com</a> to get yo=
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