cet309@uiucuxa.CSO.UIUC.EDU (12/02/85)
Does anyone out there have a termcap that works for the Tandy DT-100? It is advertised as a VT-100 work-alike, but when using vi, the terminal seems to discard tabs, and opens a window of only 14 lines when entering the editor. The screen opens wider during editing, but goes back to 14 lines everytime the screen is totally redrawn. These problems aren't fatal, but are rather irksome. Is there anyone out there that can help me? Charles Tracey pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!uiucuxa!cet309
jpn@teddy.UUCP (12/05/85)
> Does anyone out there have a termcap that works for the Tandy >DT-100? It is advertised as a VT-100 work-alike, but when using vi, >the terminal seems to discard tabs, and opens a window of only 14 lines >when entering the editor. The screen opens wider during editing, but >goes back to 14 lines everytime the screen is totally redrawn. > > These problems aren't fatal, but are rather irksome. Is there anyone >out there that can help me? > You problem has NOTHING to do with the termcap! Vi detects the baud rate of the terminal you are on. If you are running at 1200 baud or so, it cuts the initial number of display lines (variable "window"). If you are running at 300 baud it cuts the number of lines even more. This is intended to be a display optimization. You should be running at 9600 baud if possible! you can override this behavior by putting "set window=23" in your .exrc (or EXINIT environment variable).