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**ESPTerm is a VT100-like terminal emulator running on the ESP8266 WiFi chip.**
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![Photo][photo-hw]
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![Photo][photo-hw]<br>
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*Fig 1: Breadboard adapter developed for ESPTerm*
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ESPTerm's implementation is guided by the XTerm manual pages,
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skipping some more obscure features, like the graphic modes and VT52 compatibility.
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Version 1.0.0 **passes most of VTTest test cases** (from the main menu), making it functionally
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comparable to eg. gnome-terminal, konsole, GtkTerm, TeraTerm, Terminology or PuTTY.
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E.g. ESPTerm is **capable of running Midnight Commander** through agetty, **including full
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mouse support**, provided agetty is made to believe it's Xterm.
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Version 1.0.0 **passes most of VTTEST test cases** (from the main menu and some Xterm specific), making it
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functionally comparable to eg. gnome-terminal, terminator, konsole, GtkTerm or PuTTY.
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ESPTerm is **capable of running Midnight Commander** through agetty, **including full
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mouse support**, provided agetty is made to believe it's Xterm, which shows ESPTerm is sufficiently well
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implemented to work with ncurses.
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To see what escape sequences are supported, check out this [annotated Xterm manual page][xterm-compare]
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or the built-in help page ([online demo][demo-help])
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which was used for reference, or the built-in help page ([online demo][demo-help])
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The terminal screen can be accessed using any web browser, even on a phone or tablet.
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It works with ESP-01, ESP-01S, ESP-12 and likely many other modules (I use an ESP-12
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## Research resources
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Developing ESPTerm wasn't an easy task, the information is scattered across many resources.
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Developing ESPTerm wasn't an easy task, because the information is scattered across many places and the existing
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terminal emulators I originally used for reference (terminator, Konsole) are not implemented correctly in some details.
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A great tool for checking my implementation has proven to be [VTTTEST][vttest] and Xterm as a reference
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implementation that is probably the most complete emulator available, although it's cumbersome to use and its age
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really shows in the looks.
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I've comnpiled a list of those I found most helpful here: [VT100 emulation resources][resources]
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[xterm-compare]: https://espterm.github.io/docs/espterm-xterm.html
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[photo-hw]: https://espterm.github.io/docs/espterm-hw-small.jpg
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[resources]: https://espterm.github.io/docs/index.html
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[vttest]: http://invisible-island.net/vttest/
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