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		nixpulvis on April 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boot to Vim, Vim as Pid 1 (2014) https://vimhelp.org/terminal.txt.html

extinctpotato on April 22, 2023 [–]

This is a terminal emulator within vim. I believe that they meant that a terminal emulator for Vim would be required so that it could handle ANSI escape codes, etc. This is something that a VGA graphics card couldn't handle on its own.

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