--- title: Worth Reading: Standards for ANSI Escape Codes «... description: A brief endorsement pointing to Julia Evans' writeup on the current state of ANSI escape code standards. The post reflects on the author's history with VT100... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-standards-for-ansi-escape-codes-ipspace-net-blog-rc8uzlz3q twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Worth Reading: Standards for ANSI Escape Codes « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: A brief endorsement pointing to Julia Evans' writeup on the current state of ANSI escape code standards. The post reflects on the author's history with VT100... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-standards-for-ansi-escape-codes-ipspace-net-blog-rc8uzlz3q og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rC8UZlz3q.png og:image:alt: Worth Reading: Standards for ANSI Escape Codes « ipSpace.net blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Worth Reading: Standards for ANSI Escape Codes « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A brief endorsement pointing to Julia Evans' writeup on the current state of ANSI escape code standards. The post reflects on the author's history with VT100 terminals and escape sequences, noting how the original standards have since been extended with proprietary additions that are now widely used. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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