Two styles of delimiter for ANSI control codes #20054

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opened 2026-01-31 07:02:03 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @the-moog on GitHub (Jun 9, 2023).

Windows Terminal version

1.16.10261.0

Windows build number

10.0.19045.0

Other Software

Stock Ubuntu/WSL 23.04

Steps to reproduce

I believe other terminals allow : or semicolon ; as field separators. I tried that with WT and found it to be inconsistent.
Here is a link to a script that tries various colours, you can run it with a delimiter as a parameter to demonstrate this.
https://gist.github.com/the-moog/0a6281dd284749331516dbfceb3fe5c0

Here is a link where somebody has tried to collate the relevant compliance of various terminals.
https://github.com/termstandard/colors

Expected Behavior

Either form works

Actual Behavior

Only ; is consistent

Originally created by @the-moog on GitHub (Jun 9, 2023). ### Windows Terminal version 1.16.10261.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.19045.0 ### Other Software Stock Ubuntu/WSL 23.04 ### Steps to reproduce I believe other terminals allow `:` or semicolon `;` as field separators. I tried that with WT and found it to be inconsistent. Here is a link to a script that tries various colours, you can run it with a delimiter as a parameter to demonstrate this. [https://gist.github.com/the-moog/0a6281dd284749331516dbfceb3fe5c0](https://gist.github.com/the-moog/0a6281dd284749331516dbfceb3fe5c0 ) Here is a link where somebody has tried to collate the relevant compliance of various terminals. [https://github.com/termstandard/colors](https://github.com/termstandard/colors) ### Expected Behavior Either form works ### Actual Behavior Only ; is consistent
claunia added the Issue-TaskArea-VTResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 07:02:03 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#20054