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.TH AAG 7 "terminal" .ad b .SH NAME aag - description of Ann Arbor Genie terminals .SH SYNOPSIS .TP 10 aag Ann Arbor Genie .SH DESCRIPTION .PP The Ann Arbor Genie is a video terminal with the following features: .RS .IP - 2 15 inch blue-white screen .IP - detached keyboard .IP - sufficient memory to store thirty lines of eighty characters each .IP - display of eighteen to thirty lines on the screen .IP - bold, blink, reverse-video, and underscore .IP - 26 programmable keys including the traditional arrow keys, two keys labeled pf1 and pf2, and a red reset key .IP - console mode setting - no switches .IP - ANSI X3.64 cursor control sequences with additions to support screen size changes and keyboard programming. .RE .PP The Genie's function keys are described in the terminal capabilities file, .IR termcap , as follows: .RS .TP 28 termcap description terminal key .TP =================== ============ .TP arrow and home keys arrow and home keys .TP function key 0 reset .TP function keys 1 and 2 pf1 and pf2 .TP function keys 3 and 4 shift pf1, shift pf2 .TP erase, edit, delete, insert erase, edit, delete, insert .RE .PP When the screen oriented text editor .I vi is invoked, the Genie's pf keys are told to transmit messages similar to those transmitted by the Ann Arbor Ambassador's pf keys. These messages are given in the following table: .RS .TP 12 key message .TP === ======= .TP pf1 escape O A (same as Ambassador's pf1) .TP pf2 escape O B (same as Ambassador's pf2) .TP shift pf1 escape O C (same as Ambassador's pf3) .TP shift pf2 escape O D (same as Ambassador's pf4) .RE .PP The terminal can underline. Standout mode is reverse video. .PP The .I aag termcap entry refers to the .I aaa template .I termcap entry. .PP When using a Genie with Unix, the "start transmission" character should be set to control-q and the "stop transmission" character should be set to control-s. The "-start ^q" and "-stop ^s" options of the .I stty terminal setup program may be used to do this. The following terminal setup options are suggested: .RS .IP off Margin bell .IP off Return key CRLF .IP on Send/receive mode .IP off Half duplex .IP off Keyboard action mode .IP on Auto XON/XOFF .IP 17 XON code .IP 19 XOFF code .IP off Invisible cursor .IP off Wrap backward (to prevent back space from carrying you to the previous line) .IP on Destructive backspace (to erase characters you backspace over) .IP off Scroll-page (scroll mode) .IP on VT52/ANSI (ANSI mode) .RE .SH FILES .nf /etc/termcap (the .I aag entry references the .I aaa entry) /usr/lib/tabset/aaa .fi .SH SEE ALSO aaa(7), aag100(7), ex(1), stty(1), termcap(5), vi(1) .br Ann Arbor Terminals User Guide .SH AUTHOR Randolph Fritz (Western Union Telegraph, 3 February 1983) .SH BUGS .PP When the computer's input buffer overflows, .I vi often confuses arrow key depressions with other commands. When this happens to left and right arrow key depressions, it is particularly disconcerting, since such depressions are often converted into "delete rest of line" commands. The resulting damage may be repaired by first hitting "esc" to complete the spurious command, waiting for at least one second, and then hitting "u" to undo the spurious command. .PP The .I aaa template .I termcap entry gives the "as" (alternate character set start) and "ae" (alternate character set end) items. These are only valid for Genies with DEC mode. .PP The Genie's .I termcap entry has the same two letter type code (Mc) as those of Ann Arbor Ambassador and Ann Arbor Genie 100. The Genie's .I termcap entry will not work on Unix v6. .PP This .I termcap entry does not completely describe the Genie. The t-clr, t-set, ssa, and esa keys are omitted from it. .I Termcap cannot indicate programmable function keys, so the .I termcap entry does not indicate which keyboard keys are programmable, nor give any clue to the terminal commands which can program them. Insert character, delete character, and certain other functions may be given repeat counts; this also cannot be described.