secrist@msdsws.DEC.COM ("Richard Secrist, Digital Equip. Corp. USA") (08/09/88)
As Andy was pointing out one man's "nice VT-100" emulation is not anothers. How about some substance on the major VT functions of these programs, folks ? O/S doesn't matter, but I'll throw in some VMS examples: Terminal ident sequence response: does it respond to <esc>Z or those other things (i.e. does it do a VMS $ SET TERM/IDENT or fire up ALL-IN-ONE correctly) Keypad and arrow-key support: how does it do it (e.g. keypad sequences, pull down with a mouse, etc.); do arrow keys auto-repeat or can you type them fast without error ? Printer support: does it support the PORT escape sequences. Line drawing and graphics support: e.g. Andy's PF2 HELP EDT example or does it do the square-blocks in a VMS $ MON SYS ? How does it fake things it can't do, like double-height, double-width ? What serial, modem, and display cards does it support ? --- Does anybody's program do all of the above well ? rcs