Subj : Re: New terminal program
To   : deon
From : Omnibrain
Date : Tue Nov 22 2022 00:16:30

 de> I've noticed now, that line 2 looses color when submitting a form.

Now I've kind of a problem.
This sequence clears the attribute:
\x1E\x09\n\x1E

x1E is home home sets the attribute in the line if col > 0, x09 is caret right.
The question is how \n is interpreted. if its col=0, line++ the the next x1E doesn't set the attributes in line 2.

When I change \n to col=0 I break the login name/pw positioning. Name is positioned with:
\x1E\x09\x09\x09\x09\x09\x09\x09\x09\x09\x09\x09\x09\x09\x09\x09\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\
n\n\n\nNAME

So name/pw would end up in col 0 - that's why I changed \n to be just line++ in the first place.

Now is the question which behavior is correct? Unfortunately I don't have a spec just a table with commands and this table leaves much room for interpretation.

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