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A Terminal Protocol for Program Status (OSC 7501)


Mitchell Hashimoto A Terminal Protocol for Program Status (OSC 7501) I wrote a specification for a new terminal escape sequence: OSC 7501, the Program Status Protocol. It lets any program tell the terminal what it's doing: idle, working, waiting on the user, finished, or failed, and why.

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