The Windows console isn't a terminal emulator, though, and never tried to be (ansi.sys notwithstanding, as that was a DOS remnant). I guess what most people act

The Windows console isn't a terminal emulator, though, and never tried to be (ansi.sys notwithstanding, as that was a DOS remnant). I guess what most people actually want isn't a terminal emulator (which is kinda useless with the Windows Console API anyway) but just the nicenesses of a resizable console they have come to expect on Linux.