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Add parser-links to the docs and add summary comment to the vte.c source file.

Signed-off-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@googlemail.com>
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= KMSCON Virtual Terminal Emulator =
The KMSCON Virtual Terminal Emulator (VTE) tries to be linux-console and xterm
compatible. This documentations contains links to several resources related to
VT100-like terminals.
The KMSCON Virtual Terminal Emulator (VTE) tries to be linux-console, xterm and
vt102 compatible. This documentations contains links to several resources
related to VT100-like terminals.
Resources:
Terminfo database:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_Sequence_Introducer
vttest Terminal Tests:
http://invisible-island.net/vttest/
vt100-vt520 docs:
http://vt100.net/
Implementations:
XTerm:

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* console subsystem as output and is tightly bound to it. It supports
* functionality from vt100 up to vt500 series. It doesn't implement an
* explicitly selected terminal but tries to support the most important commands
* to be compatible with existing implementations.
* to be compatible with existing implementations. However, full vt102
* compatibility is the least that is provided.
*
* The main parser in this file controls the parser-state and dispatches the
* actions to the related handlers. The parser is based on the state-diagram
* from Paul Williams: http://vt100.net/emu/
* It is written from scratch, though.
* This parser is fully compatible up to the vt500 series. It requires UTF-8 and
* does not support any other input encoding. The G0 and G1 sets are therefore
* defined as subsets of UTF-8. You may still map G0-G3 into GL, though.
*
* However, the CSI/DCS/etc handlers are not designed after a specific VT
* series. We try to support all vt102 commands but implement several other
* often used sequences, too. Feel free to add further.
*
* See ./doc/vte.txt for more information on this VT-emulator.
*/
#include <errno.h>