This shows why Plan 9 as part of the plan to fix inconsistencies and problems in UNIX wrote a terminal which doesn't even support escape sequences for coloring.

This shows why Plan 9 as part of the plan to fix inconsistencies and problems in UNIX wrote a terminal which doesn't even support escape sequences for coloring. I'm not a Plan 9 expert but it's actually for the better. Try launching some program like the sudoku game or acme from 9term inside Plan 9 compared to doing the same in plan9port's 9term or a plain xterm. On Plan 9 your 9term will become the program you launch.