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PSEUDOCONSOLE_INHERIT_CURSOR example

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[Enter feedback here] PSEUDOCONSOLE_INHERIT_CURSOR implementation details are not documented. How would a server receive and then return the cursor requests. --- #### Document Details ⚠ *Do not edit this section....

adamyg

Hi! The documentation here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/console-virtual-terminal-sequences says that escape codes are based on vt100 and xterm. I wonder if there is a comparison of xterm Vs console with respect to these...

ShrykeWindgrace

Add documentation for input/keys

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There's a bunch of mouse/keyboard input things that aren't well documented and defined. Dear self, go look through the code and make a comprehensive document of which keys cause what...

miniksa

Can we please have clearer documentation on what the failure behavior of SetConsoleMode?

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> Can we please have clearer documentation in MSDN on what the failure behaviour of these functions is? For instance: > - It's not documented whether we need to set...

zadjii-msft

[Enter feedback here] GetConsoleTitleA returns 0 if the returned string does not fit in the buffer. (This means you can't pass in an empty buffer to get the length of...

DiaperGlu

DECAC support needs to be documented

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* https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/6574#issuecomment-1176558196 * https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/pull/13058 * [DECAC docs](http://web.mit.edu/dosathena/doc/www/ek-vt520-rm.pdf) (search for "DECAC—Assign Color")

zadjii-msft

[Enter feedback here] The Windows API does not yet support UTF-8 console input of other than ASCII characters (i.e. English alphabet). The application just receives nullbytes for e.g. input of...

alf-p-steinbach

SetConsoleMode and ENABLE_LINE_INPUT

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In the description of the ENABLE_LINE_INPUT flag in SetConsoleMode call there is no mention that this flag also enables CTRL-S/CTRL-Q flow control. This also applies to GetConsoleMode. --- #### Document...

PeterCamilleri

Create a document that provides guidance for folks creating services

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We've encountered several customers of the console subsystem that have created service platforms to command clients through our framework who didn't fully understand all the nuances of the system and...

miniksa

Show some samples with `CreateFile` over `GetStdHandle`

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Originally from #93 I'm pretty sure we never show examples of using CreateFile with the `CONIN$` and `CONOUT$` special names to gain access to the underlying console (no matter what...

miniksa