I think this is a great idea, and it looks like a lot of fun, but unfortunately, it doesn't work for me. Though I'm sure tested this on "Linux" and "MacOS X" as

I think this is a great idea, and it looks like a lot of fun, but unfortunately, it doesn't work for me. Though I'm sure tested this on "Linux" and "MacOS X" as you said, the real problem you face is most terminal emulators are not standards compliant (assuming there are standards for particular behaviors, and often there aren't any). This means, you got it working on some terminal emulators, but it won't work on others. The most standards compliant terminal emulator is actually the original 'xterm' [1] program included as part of X. The xterm FAQ [2] and ncurses FAQ [3] have lots of useful information. Though getting your code running in xterm itself will help portability, it won't be the end of your debugging due to the fact that other terminal emulators have bugs and of course, they often do things differently. The story about the color blue [4] in the xterm FAQ should give you an idea of the kinds of problems you'll face. [1] http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.html http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.html [2] http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html [3] http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html [4] http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html#dont_like_blue http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html#dont_like_b...