McGuire_Ed@GRINNELL.MAILNET (01/22/86)
VAXTPU as bundled with VMS V4.2 turns on the terminal's hardware wrap when exiting, if TT$M_WRAP is set. Programs which assume it is off (screen editors, etc.) get screwed up by unexpected newlines when typing characters at the last physical character position. Although the I/O user's manual clearly states that VMS doesn't support hardware wrapping, the VAXTPU manual documents its behavior and blithely suggests that we all write command procedures that bracket SET TERM/NOWRAP and SET TERM/WRAP around the editor invocation to "trick" VAXTPU into preserving the (factory default) hardware setting. Activating SET twice for every editing session takes something out of our new "efficient" editor, now doesn't it? Silly us for assuming that new software from DEC will be consistent with DEC manuals. I am SPRing the problem for V4.2; I would like to know if the problem is fixed in a later version.