Thomas Frohwein tfrohwein at fastmail.com
Mon Mar 1 13:13:57 GMT 2021
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On Mon, Mar 01, 2021 at 10:12:18AM +0000, Caolan McMahon wrote:[...]
2. Knowing the content type upfront would allow clients to present streaming
data correctly using appropriate colours and escape codes for code
highlighting, for example.
A solution to a problem of its own making.
Sorry, I don't follow this point.
IMO escape codes are a hack, and universal client support can't beexpected. In fact, those may break different terminal/client types.
I think color escape codes should not be considered expected withclients. In fact, there should probably a discussion if this should bediscouraged in the spec.