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Unicode isn't necessary if the terminal supports ACS.
by chjj 5y ago
Unicode isn't necessary if the terminal supports ACS.
- eklitzke 5y agoWhat is ACS?
- chjj 5y agoMost terminals (even non-unicode-capable ones) offer a feature to switch into "alt charset mode" which provides glyphs for drawing lines.
- sillysaurusx 5y agoThanks! It’s getting rare to learn about a feature that surprises me, but I had no idea about this.
- monocasa 5y agoYou can do a passable job with just + - and | if you need to. Have done that for a ucontroller's cli.