Delays: mention caret notation

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Marco Hinz 2016-01-11 23:50:20 +01:00
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@ -1301,7 +1301,8 @@ Like their ancestors, terminal emulators use [escape
sequences](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequence) (or _control
sequences_) to control things like moving the cursor, changing text colors, etc.
They're simply strings of ASCII characters starting with an escape character
(displayed as `^[`). When such a string arrives, the terminal emulator looks up the
(displayed in [caret notation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caret_notation) as
`^[`). When such a string arrives, the terminal emulator looks up the
accompanying action in the [terminfo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminfo)
database.