brucew%brl@sri-unix.UUCP (10/25/83)
From: Bruce Wallace (MMW) <brucew@brl> I sent the following message to our system support organization at the BRL (support does not mean local gurus) and was unable to get a solution to my problem. Apparently there is something inherent in EMACS which causes the problem. Is this correct or not and if correct what can be done to fix the problem? Please send responses to me with a copy furnished to support@BRL. brucew ----- Forwarded message # 1: Date: Thu, 13 Oct 83 10:25:53 EDT From: Bruce Wallace (MMW) <brucew@BRL> To: support@BRL cc: brucew@BRL Subject: EMACS With the advent of terminals with text areas greater than 80 characters wide and 24 lines long, something should be done to allow emacs to make use of the extra display size. I am unable to modify the vt100 termcap so that emacs will use the full 30 line display of the tek 4105 (ln#30 does not work). What can be done? brucew ----- End of forwarded messages
lwa%mit-csr@sri-unix.UUCP (10/25/83)
I assume you're using Gosling's Emacs. If so, the reason that changing the termcap entry for the vt100 didn't affect Emacs is that Emacs doesn't use termcap for certain terminals, including vt100's. Instead, there are 'terminal drivers' for these terminals. The reason is that Emacs does some very fancy things with scrolling regions on vt100's which aren't adequately supported by termcap. If you have the sources for Emacs, the file 'TrmVT100.c' is the terminal driver. Note also that (at least in newer versions of Emacs) any terminal type whose name begins 'vt100' is considered to be a vt100 for purposes of determining which terminal driver to use (the code for this is in the file 'display.c' in the routine 'term_init()'. Good luck. -Larry Allen -------
Larry Henry <m16286@mitre> (01/15/85)
Hi, I am interested in getting a copy of EMACS with sources for an ULTRIX system.. I think that a 4.2 version should run with no problem.. Anybody have any ideas where I can get a tape etc... -Larry. please reply to root at mitre....
buehring@waltz.UUCP (01/24/85)
Unipress EMACS works fine on Ultrix-32 and comes with sources. In general, I have been able to run any 4.2 binary or source under Ultrix w/ no problems. /Walt/