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Because terminal is not a browser but a screen. Outputting text isn't supposed to trigger anything aside from changing what's on screen.
by PunchyHamster 7mo ago
Because terminal is not a browser but a screen. Outputting text isn't supposed to trigger anything aside from changing what's on screen.
- rleigh 7mo agoThis is broadly correct, but not entirely. Terminals have historically had additional capabilities, be that ringing a bell (BEL) or outputting to a line printer. There are escape codes dedicated to doing file/tape access and running system commands. Not in wide use, but they do exist. See ECMA-48 for some examples from the '80s.