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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequence) (or _control
sequences_) to control things like moving the cursor, changing text colors, etc. sequences_) to control things like moving the cursor, changing text colors, etc.
They're simply strings of ASCII characters starting with an escape character 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) accompanying action in the [terminfo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminfo)
database. database.