diff --git a/cgi.d b/cgi.d
index 1566721..8d54843 100644
--- a/cgi.d
+++ b/cgi.d
@@ -4039,6 +4039,8 @@ void handleCgiRequest(alias fun, CustomCgi = Cgi, long maxContentLength = defaul
 
 
 	// Set stdin to binary mode if necessary to avoid mangled newlines
+	// the fact that stdin is global means this could be trouble but standard cgi request
+	// handling is one per process anyway so it shouldn't actually be threaded here or anything.
 	version(Windows) {
 		version(Win64)
 		_setmode(std.stdio.stdin.fileno(), 0x8000);
diff --git a/terminalemulator.d b/terminalemulator.d
index abb2e3a..9ce717b 100644
--- a/terminalemulator.d
+++ b/terminalemulator.d
@@ -2627,6 +2627,15 @@ P s = 2 3 ; 2 → Restore xterm window title from stack.
 							attentionDemanded = true;
 							demandAttention();
 						break;
+						/+
+						// this might reduce flickering but would it really? idk.
+						case "5002":
+							// disable redraw
+						break;
+						case "5003":
+							// re-enable redraw, force it now.
+						break;
+						+/
 						default:
 							unknownEscapeSequence("" ~ cast(char) esc[1]);
 					}