this init sequence - it surely can't be right that `pterm --help'
with no DISPLAY complains at the lack of DISPLAY rather than giving
a help message!
[originally from svn r2164]
into line with most other xtermalikes. On Unix, the exit code of a
shell is the last exit code of one of its child processes, even if
it's an interactive shell - so some pterms will close and some will
not for no particularly good reason. Power-detaching a screen
session is especially bad for this.
COE_NORMAL is still useful for specialist purposes (running a single
command in its own pterm), but I don't think it's a sane default,
unfortunately.
[originally from svn r2154]
only on clean exit, which is a departure from most xterm-alikes but
Ian reckons people will love me for it. If this turns out to be
wrong, we can always change the default for Unix.
[originally from svn r2120]
it's automatically deactivated by any keypress, so that command-line
beeps from (e.g.) filename completion don't suddenly stop occurring,
but it still provides a rapid response to an accidental spewing of a
binary to your terminal.
[originally from svn r2107]
