home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!torn!nott!uotcsi2!news
- From: cbbrowne@csi.uottawa.ca (Christopher Browne)
- Subject: Re: UNIX/Terminal Programs
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.161511.8232@csi.uottawa.ca>
- Sender: news@csi.uottawa.ca
- Nntp-Posting-Host: prgf
- Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, University of Ottawa
- References: <NTg1wB1w165w@sys6626.bison.mb.ca>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 16:15:11 GMT
- Lines: 30
-
-
- Uniterm isn't particularly "more UNIX compatible"; it is specifically
- "more VT100 compatible." (or VT102 or VT200, as you prefer)
-
- Most of the terminal programs that CLAIM to be VT100 compatible aren't
- terribly compatible. If you compare them to a REAL VT100 terminal,
- you'll find some differences.
-
- The UNIX "termcap" system allows you to hook almost ANYTHING up, and
- use MOST of its capabilities.
-
- If you "lie" about which terminal you're using, termcap won't know
- that, and it'll happily send control sequences to the terminal that
- your terminal (or terminal emulator) can't handle.
-
- When you use Uniterm, there aren't any "lies". There are a few ways
- in which it doesn't conform with a "real" VT100; it's mostly in
- dealing with special commands for creating customized character sets.
- That's something that termcap doesn't know about, or use.
-
- In principle, you should be able to write termcap entries for any
- particular terminal/terminal emulator, and if it's customized well
- enough, it should work perfectly. That's something I don't feel like
- getting into.
-
- --
- Christopher Browne | PGP 2.0 key available
- cbbrowne@csi.uottawa.ca |======================================
- University of Ottawa | Genius may have its limitations, but
- Master of System Science Program | stupidity is not thus handicapped.
-