Re: Terminal emulator in Windows

[Jim Porter]

On 1/11/2023 1:35 AM, Akib Azmain Turja wrote:
> In general, is it possible to implement Windows terminal emulation?

Do you mean "emulating cmd.exe" or "emulating a terminal and running 
that emulator on MS Windows"? The former might be trickier, and I 
haven't really looked into how you'd do that. However, the latter might 
just mean handling VT100 terminal sequences, which I don't think would 
require knowing about any Windows-specific features/APIs.

I believe newer versions of MS Windows can support VT100 sequences, so 
some applications compiled for Windows will likely use them. It would 
also be useful for a Windows user who connects to a remote *nix system 
(e.g. via Tramp); a program like `less` on the remote system would 
likely emit VT100 sequences, so it'd be nice to handle those, even if 
it's being displayed in an Emacs session running on MS Windows.