Re: read a reply from the terminal

[Dan Nicolaescu]

"Davis Herring" <address@hidden> writes:

  > > I have now tested the code using a timeout of 0.1 on xterm, rxvt,
  > > gnome-terminal, konsole, putty, and a very old xterm (from an old
  > > Solaris). It works fine for all of them. All these terminals support
  > > the "\e[>0c" query.
  > > I also tested it on a Linux console, that does not support the query.
  > 
  > Sorry to bring this up so much later, but is a timeout of 0.1 always
  > appropriate?  Is there ever a circumstance where a remote host would need
  > to provide the information, or is it always trapped by a local terminal
  > driver in such a case?

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