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Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> writes: |
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> On 2016-12-19, lee <lee@××××××××.de> wrote: |
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>> Ian Zimmerman <itz@×××××××.net> writes: |
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>>> I use rxvt because it doesn't have a huge part that nobody uses. |
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>> Which part is that, |
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> One that comes to mind is emulation of a Tektronix 4014 storage-tube |
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> vector-graphics terminal. |
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I'll probably never need that ... |
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>> and how does it hurt? |
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> In practice, it usually doesn't. But, it annoys purists and/or the |
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> security conscious who don't like to run programs that contain huge |
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> blocks of code (possibly containing security holes) to implement |
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> unused features they don't want. |
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That's quite understandable --- maybe I'll give rxvt another try, and if |
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only to see what it was that made me prefer xterm. |
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