That is the point I was making. It's not a proper terminal emulator, instead it's a half-assed one. If it gets between the user's keystrokes and the host shell,

That is the point I was making. It's not a proper terminal emulator, instead it's a half-assed one. If it gets between the user's keystrokes and the host shell, it should be a proper emulator. Otherwise it should set up the environment and get out of the way.