Is the string returned by DECRQSS supposed to be usable? #23087

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opened 2026-01-31 08:31:55 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @vefatica on GitHub (Mar 28, 2025).

In CMD, the second line below contains the response from DECRQSS.

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It doesn't look much like DECSTBM. Is it supposed to be usable. A sequence modelled after it does nothing.

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If I'm not interpreting it correctly, how should I interpret it? Is there anything useful in it besides the 1 and the 42?

DECSTBM does work.

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Originally created by @vefatica on GitHub (Mar 28, 2025). In CMD, the second line below contains the response from DECRQSS. ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f720af43-22b9-46a9-b8b9-82e505653d4d) It doesn't look much like DECSTBM. Is it supposed to be usable. A sequence modelled after it does nothing. ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b6f604ba-d1c3-4879-ace1-66d10e3af2e1) If I'm not interpreting it correctly, how should I interpret it? Is there anything useful in it besides the 1 and the 42? DECSTBM does work. ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d56b8966-8c67-44da-9c96-7706ccfce19d)
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Reference: starred/terminal#23087