Add support for VT100 Answerback Feature #16136

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opened 2026-01-31 04:58:39 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @SteveIves on GitHub (Dec 15, 2021).

Add support for VT100 Answerback Feature

I am attempting to use Windows Terminal to execute legacy Linux applications using WSL2, and it's great that Terminal now seems to support most VT100 features, but most of the applications I am attempting to host require the terminal to provide an "answerback message" (string) in response to an ASCII 5 character (Ctrl+E) being received by the terminal. The answerback message must be able to be defined by the user, ideally in settings UI, or at least in the settings file. I believe there is also an "auto answerback" capability, but I am unclear on exactly how that works, but do not need it for my use case.

Originally created by @SteveIves on GitHub (Dec 15, 2021). # Add support for VT100 Answerback Feature I am attempting to use Windows Terminal to execute legacy Linux applications using WSL2, and it's great that Terminal now seems to support most VT100 features, but most of the applications I am attempting to host require the terminal to provide an "answerback message" (string) in response to an ASCII 5 character (Ctrl+E) being received by the terminal. The answerback message must be able to be defined by the user, ideally in settings UI, or at least in the settings file. I believe there is also an "auto answerback" capability, but I am unclear on exactly how that works, but do not need it for my use case.
claunia added the Help WantedProduct-ConhostIssue-TaskIn-PRArea-VTNeeds-Tag-Fix labels 2026-01-31 04:58:39 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#16136