Support selected terminal escape sequences in serial monitor

[wodzuu]

Describe the request

It would be nice to support following two escape sequences:

• \x1B[H (move cursor to upper left corner)
• \x1B[2J (clear screen)

When such sequence is received from serial connection the serial monitor should act accordingly.

Describe the current behavior

Escape sequences are not interpreted as special sequences.

Arduino IDE version

2.0.4

Operating system

N/A

Operating system version

N/A

Additional context

No response

Issue checklist

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• I verified the feature was still missing when using the latest nightly build
• My request contains all necessary details

[kittaakos]

Hi @wodzuu . Thanks for taking the time to submit an issue.

I see we already had prior requests for this or similar features, which were declined:

• Terminal escape code support in Serial Monitor Arduino#9102
• Proper handling of CR/LF in serial monitor [imported] Arduino#346
• Serial monitor does not honor some characters Arduino#3654
• Feature request: Control cursor position in Serial Monitor #1897

There is a different take on adding such support here: #406

It is best to have only a single issue per subject so we can consolidate all relevant discussion to one place, so I'll go ahead and close this in favor of the other.

If you end up with additional information to share, feel free to comment in the other thread.