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There's a good reason terminals can't just skip ahead, even if we ignore ANSI/vt100/etc escape sequences, even "plain text" is not so plain. Some applications
by tux3 6y ago
There's a good reason terminals can't just skip ahead, even if we ignore ANSI/vt100/etc escape sequences, even "plain text" is not so plain.
Some applications output a few lines, then many MBs of "\rcurrent progress: xx.xxx%" that constantly overwrites itself.
Rendering is just not linear.
- swiley 6y agotmux will skip drawing text if it gets enough of it, it still maintains state but it waits to render it.