Re: [dev] [st] Thoughts on kitty keyboard protocol

2021-06-21 Thread Страхиња Радић
On 21/06/21 07:00, Tobias Bengfort wrote: > To me it is also obvious that this protocol sucks less than the old one. If we go only by the added code, it is quite the contrary. Less is more. > Currently you need to write a GUI if you need to get reliable keyboard > events. This proposal would allo

Re: [dev] [st] Thoughts on kitty keyboard protocol

2021-06-21 Thread Tobias Bengfort
On 21/06/2021 07.18, Страхиња Радић wrote: And if anyone does want to support this protocol, it would be better done in an optional feature patch or a fork. I agree. However, that was not what Tobias (the OP) called for. It was rather the inclusion of the support for kitty protocol in base st.

Re: [dev] [st] Thoughts on kitty keyboard protocol

2021-06-20 Thread Страхиња Радић
On 21/06/20 08:25, opal hart wrote: > Suckless software isn't a void separate from the rest of the world, Suckless software is following a specific set of principles, and the software that sucks is not following those principles. The two are separate. > and > the "suckless philosophy" is constant

Re: [dev] [st] Thoughts on kitty keyboard protocol

2021-06-20 Thread Hiltjo Posthuma
On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 08:25:23PM +, opal hart wrote: > On Sat, 22 May 2021 15:10:02 +0200 > Страхиња Радић wrote: > > > Speaking as (thus far) just a user of suckless programs and someone who > > supports > > suckless philosophy, it comes down to: why should this protocol be > > supported

Re: [dev] [st] Thoughts on kitty keyboard protocol

2021-06-20 Thread opal hart
On Sat, 22 May 2021 15:10:02 +0200 Страхиња Радић wrote: > Speaking as (thus far) just a user of suckless programs and someone who > supports > suckless philosophy, it comes down to: why should this protocol be supported? > There isn't a significant number of existing suckless programs that need

Re: [dev] [st] Thoughts on kitty keyboard protocol

2021-05-22 Thread Страхиња Радић
On 21/05/22 06:50, Tobias Bengfort wrote: > https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/keyboard-protocol.html > > Basically it provides a way to send unambigous esc and other keys as well as > key release events to terminal programs while being mostly backwards > compatible. > > It sounds like a reasonable

Re: [dev] [st] Thoughts on kitty keyboard protocol

2021-05-22 Thread Markus Wichmann
On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 06:50:51AM +, Tobias Bengfort wrote: > I just found out about this protocol: > > https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/keyboard-protocol.html > > Basically it provides a way to send unambigous esc and other keys as well as > key release events to terminal programs while being