Updated: vttest 20241208 - test VT-type and X terminals and emulators

Cygwin vttest Maintainer Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.ab.ca
Sat Jan 11 17:50:23 GMT 2025


Tests the functionality of a VT100 terminal (or emulator thereof).
Tests both display (escape sequence handling) and keyboard.
The program is menu-driven and contains full operating instructions.
To run a given menu-item, you enter its number. You can run all
menu-items (for a given level) by entering an asterisk, i.e, '*'.

It has been enhanced to support and test many xterm control and status
escape sequences, and it is mainly used nowadays for testing emulator
compatibility.

See the project home page for more information:

        https://invisible-island.net/vttest/

The following package has been upgraded in the Cygwin distribution:

- vttest	20241208

For changes since the last Cygwin release, see below or
/usr/share/doc/vttest/CHANGES after installation:

	https://github.com/ThomasDickey/vttest-snapshots/blob/t20241204/CHANGES


2024-12-08	2.7

- modify sixel.c to show all of the font glyphs, for context, and also
  add a menu entry to quickly display the bitmap for each.
- bracket keyboard-tests in keyboard.c with command-replay pause/resume.
- bracket mouse-tests in tek4014.c with command-replay pause/resume.
- amend change to VT52 cursor-addressing per DEC 070 (mintty #1299).



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