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| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/term.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt | 8 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/term.txt b/runtime/doc/term.txt index cdff8760fc..bb27873e42 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/term.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/term.txt @@ -69,20 +69,6 @@ them as a cursor key. When you type you normally are not that fast, so they are recognized as individual typed commands, even though Vim receives the same sequence of bytes. - *xterm-8bit* *xterm-8-bit* -Xterm can be run in a mode where it uses 8-bit escape sequences. The CSI code -is used instead of <Esc>[. The advantage is that an <Esc> can quickly be -recognized in Insert mode, because it can't be confused with the start of a -special key. -For the builtin termcap entries, Vim checks if the 'term' option contains -"8bit" anywhere. It then uses 8-bit characters for the termcap entries, the -mouse and a few other things. You would normally set $TERM in your shell to -"xterm-8bit" and Vim picks this up and adjusts to the 8-bit setting -automatically. -When Vim receives a response to the "request version" sequence and it -starts with CSI, it assumes that the terminal is in 8-bit mode and will -convert all key sequences to their 8-bit variants. - ============================================================================== Window size *window-size* diff --git a/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt b/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt index 8851ef2d4b..dabf488465 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt @@ -281,6 +281,14 @@ Nvim does not have special `t_XX` options nor <t_XX> keycodes to configure terminal capabilities. Instead Nvim treats the terminal as any other UI. For example, 'guicursor' sets the terminal cursor style if possible. + *xterm-8bit* *xterm-8-bit* +Xterm can be run in a mode where it uses true 8-bit CSI. Supporting this +requires autodetection of whether the terminal is in UTF-8 mode or non-UTF-8 +mode, as the 8-bit CSI character has to be written differently in each case. +Vim issues a "request version" sequence to the terminal at startup and looks +at how the terminal is sending CSI. Nvim does not issue such a sequence and +always uses 7-bit control sequences. + 'ttyfast': ":set ttyfast" is ignored ":set nottyfast" is an error |