Re: TikZ-Terminal/Howto write terminals

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Johannes Mueller wrote:

> It was mt first time to hack around in gnuplot code. I have to admit, that
> I am a little disappointed by the terminal interface as I find it a bit too
> lowlevel. But maybe I am just missing something.

You're missing the reason why it's so simple: that's what allows to 
implement it on so many different output formats.

Designing an API is an art dominated by trade-offs.  It can be too 
narrow (so it can only be implemented in very few cases), or it can be 
too broad (making all information carried by it so general as to be 
meaningless).